Preparing tomb for public viewing
- Description:
- Preparing tomb for public viewing
- Physical Description:
- 11 photographs
- Author:
- Warner, Nicholas
- Date Created:
- October 2009 - January 2010
- Collection:
- Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna
- Series:
- Post-conservation
- Location:
- Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor, Egypt, and Al Uqşur
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Art, Ancient—Egypt
- Cultural Object:
- Tombs—Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Tombs—Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Tombs—Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Tombs—Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Tombs—Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Tombs—Egypt, and Mural painting and decoration
- Fieldwork activities:
- electrical systems, woodwork, electrical systems, woodwork, electrical systems, woodwork, electrical systems, woodwork, electrical systems, woodwork, electrical systems, and woodwork
- Genre:
- color photographs and general views
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Rights Statement:
- Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
- Project History:
- The Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69) project was implemented by Dr. Melinda Hartwig, a professor at Georgia State University, from 2007-2009. The project’s objective was the conservation, archaeometric examination, and digital recording of the painted tomb chapel of Menna, to set a precedent for non-invasive methods of analysis. Dr. Hartwig worked with an interdisciplinary team of conservators, digital specialists, Egyptologists, and scientists, with the support of Georgia State University and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
- Funding Agency:
- The conservation of the Tomb of Menna was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Agreement No. 263-A-00-04-00018-00 and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Conservation Project (EAC) Agreement No. EAC-11-2007 of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). The Interuniversity Attraction Poles Program provided additional financial support.