Whole view of Long Hall Far, Niche wall, with the remains of Menna and Henuttawy's double statue (stitched)
- Description:
- Whole view of Long Hall Far, Niche wall, with the remains of Menna and Henuttawy's double statue (stitched)
- Photographer:
- Image capture by Katy Doyle
- Date Created:
- 2009
- Collection:
- Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
- Series:
- Post-conservation
- Subseries:
- Long Hall | Niche Wall
- Location:
- Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Statues, Inscriptions, Egyptian, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
- Genre:
- color photographs, mural paintings (visual works), damage (condition), and frieze (ornamental areas)
- Conservation Note:
- To create detailed and non-invasive documentation of the wall paintings, the project team used photographic stitching to create high resolution images of the walls.
- References:
- Doyle, Katy, and Pieter Collet. “Photographic and Digital Survey of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT69).” In The Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT69): The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting in an Egyptian Tomb, edited by Melinda Hartwig, 125-131. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2013.
- Copyright Status:
- copyrighted
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Local ID:
- arce_ca_tom_kdstichedwalls_0564.tif
- 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.