Conservation and Documentation of the Wall Paintings at Red Monastery, Conservation and Documentation of St. Anthony Wall Paintings, Historic Cairo Architectural Mapping, Coptic Icons Documentation
Long Hall Right: Menna and Henuttawy receiving offerings (without color chart)
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, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
Photographing Broad Hall Far Right wall with color chart
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, Personnel, Photography, Documentary, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
Conservator working in tomb, on Long Hall Left 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, Personnel, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
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, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Right, Menna fishing, man carrying a sarcophagus, and procession of offering bearers
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Wildlife-related recreation, Ceremonial objects, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, space between the Fishing and Fowling scene and Voyage to Abydos
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, space between the Fishing and Fowling scene and Voyage to Abydos
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, Henuttawy (holding lotus flowers) holding Menna while he fishes
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Wildlife-related recreation, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, space between the Fishing and Fowling scene and Voyage to Abydos
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
UV Light: Broad Hall Far Right, the preliminary offering of the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual showing wab-priests and sem-priests, a man (most likely Se, Menna's son) presenting an offering, banqueters and offering bearers
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian -- Conservation and restoration, Ritual in art, Filial piety in art, Ceremonial objects, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Priests--Egypt, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
Lotfi Khaled Hassan carrying out test cleaning on south side of sarcophagus box (portrait)
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of south side of sarcophagus box, west half, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of south side of sarcophagus box, east half, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of south side of sarcophagus box, center, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Nahed Samir test cleaning lid assembly decoration, looking west
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Decoration and ornament, Ancient, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Nahed Samir test cleaning lid assembly decoration, looking west, close-up
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Decoration and ornament, Ancient, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box assembly, east end following second test cleaning, looking west
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Floor and sides of sarcophagus box assembly from above
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box, northeast corner, with drill holes for inserting fiberglass support rods
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box assembly, east end following second test cleaning, looking west, close-up
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Sarcophagus box assembly, east end following second test cleaning, looking west, close-up
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Inner sarcophagus fragments documentation: traces of decoration on upper surface of fragment, foot end of lid
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Inner sarcophagus fragments documentation: Sectional view of decorated foot end lid fragment
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Area on south side of sarcophagus box selected for test cleaning
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Test assembly of lid fragments on wooden platform, looking south, showing wooden supports
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Detail of lid fragments test assembly showing wooden support under legs, looking south
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Lotfi Khaled Hassan test cleaning on east end of sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Edwin Brock checking joins of sarcophagus box fragments
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Lotfi Khaled Hassan and assistants cleaning sarcophagus fragments on south platform, looking southwest
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Lotfi Khaled Hassan and assistants cleaning sarcophagus fragments on south platform, looking south
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, Inscriptions, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of fragments of south side of sarcophagus box including fragment discovered by Amarna Royal Tombs Project (lower), fragments on right side
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Edwin Brock checking fragment assemblies on temporary platform north of central pit, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Nahed Samir with sarcophagus box assembly and winch scaffolding on north platform, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
View west into burial chamber, conservation team at work
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Inner sarcophagus fragments documentation: Exterior of north foot end fragment of lid
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Inner sarcophagus fragments documentation: Interior of north foot end fragment of lid
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Nahed Samir carrying out test cleaning on sarcophagus lid (goddess painted decoration)
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Decoration and ornament, Ancient, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembled group of fragments from north side of sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Assembly of south side of sarcophagus box, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Damage--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Suspended group of glued fragments from head end of floor of sarcophagus box,
looking north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Damage--Antiquities, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Using winch to position fragment group on south side of sarcophagus box
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, Mural painting and decoration, Painted Ceilings, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
Nahed Samir with sarcophagus box assembly and winch scaffolding on north platform, view north
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Afterlife, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Tombs--Egypt, Mural painting and decoration, Painted Ceilings, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt