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
UV Light: Broad Hall Near Left, Menna receiving offerings, polychrome hieroglyphs indicating his title; Menna and Henuttawy (damaged) and their two daughters (Amenemweskhet and Nehmet); offerings; officials bowing to Menna; a man prostrating himself before Menna; chariot attendant; and a crop measurement surveyor
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, Inscriptions, Egyptian, Filial piety in art, Agriculture, Ancient, Scribes in art, Ceremonial objects, 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, burial procession leading to Imentet, a kneeling man on a skiff presenting an ox's heart, in front of him is Menna's widow, Anubis holding an Ankh and was-scepter, two women impersonating Isis and Nephthys, and sarcophagus being pulled
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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Deities, Ritual in art, Ceremonial objects, 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 Left, banqueters, Menna and Henuttawy with their sons (damaged from broad hall ceiling collapse), offerings, a tomb/shrine, and a sem-priest raising a nemset-jar for libation, while holding a censer before Menna and Henuttawy (seated)
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, Libations in art, 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 Left, banqueters, Menna and Henuttawy with their sons (damaged from broad hall ceiling collapse), offerings, a tomb/shrine, and a sem-priest raising a nemset-jar for libation, while holding a censer before Menna and Henuttawy (seated)
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, Libations in art, 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, burial procession, the "Nine Friends", shrines, and Sacred District with the Four Sons of Horus, man receiving a chest, two men pulling a sarcophagus, a bier, and a shrine-shaped catafalque
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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Deities, Ritual in art, Ceremonial objects, 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 Near Left, Menna, tax defaulter beaten, officials washing their hands, Menna's traveling office, men carrying panniers, grain winnowing, flax harvesting and rippling, laborers forking the grain and vignettes from the field
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, Agriculture, Ancient, 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, burial procession, the Four Sons of Horus, a boat, a lector priest reciting a ritual, and a kneeling woman representing the sister of Osiris
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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Deities, Ritual in art, 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)
UV Light: Broad Hall Near Right, Menna (holding braziers) and Henuttawy before offerings, servant offering incense/scented fat and a duck billed spoon, deliberate damage to hieroglyphs above Menna, 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, Ceremonial objects, Inscriptions, Egyptian, 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)
Long Hall Right: Menna fishing (catching tilapia) with a spear and a young scout (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, 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)
Long Hall Right: The Voyage to Abydos and a man holding Menna's sarcophagus (most likely his eldest son) while a sem-priest (defaced) performs a ritual (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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Ritual in art, 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)
Long Hall Right: A young girl holding Menna's calf (most likely his daughter), wildlife, and a procession of offering bearers (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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, 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)
Long Hall Right: A young girl holding Menna's calf (most likely his daughter), wildlife, and a procession of offering bearers (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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, 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)
Long Hall Right: Menna's sarcophagus and procession of offering bearers (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, Wildlife-related recreation, 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)
Long Hall Right: The Voyage to Abydos, priest purifying Menna in the Opening of the Mouth, and a defaced scene (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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Ritual in art, 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)
Long Hall Right: Nude kneeling girl plucking lotus bud, wildlife, and procession (within 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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, 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)
Long Hall Right: Ceiling, lotus frieze, offering list, Menna and Henuttawy (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, Painted ceilings, 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)
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)
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, Deities, 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)
Conservators 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)
Conservators 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)
Conservator working in tomb, on Broad Hall Ceiling
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, Painted ceilings, 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, Painted ceilings, 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)
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)
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 and Henuttawy seated before a table of offerings, and an offering list being activated by their son Kha
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, Priests--Egypt, Filial piety in art, Ritual in art, 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, Menna (mostly damaged) and Henuttawy (holding a sistrum) receiving a lotus bouquet from their son Kha (top) and a sem-priest "sending forth by voice"
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)
UV Light: Long Hall Left, Menna, Thoth, Horus, and Ma'at's head in the Weighing of the Heart scene, and Osiris wearing the Atef-crown in the Judgement of the Dead
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, Funeral rites and ceremonies--Egypt, Deities, Afterlife, 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 Near Left, Menna, tax defaulter beaten, officials washing their hands, men carrying panniers, grain winnowing, flax harvesting and rippling, and vignettes from the field
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, Agriculture, Ancient, 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 Broad Hall Far Right 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)
Conservators working in tomb, on Broad Hall Far 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)
Comparing line drawing to Broad Hall Near Right wall
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
Topic:
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)
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, Painted ceilings, 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)
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
Topic:
Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), 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)