The courtyard of Ramses II, towards the colonnade, view into the imperial cult chamber
- Description:
- The courtyard of Ramses II, towards the colonnade, view into the imperial cult chamber
- Physical Description:
- 2 color photographs and Color 35mm slide
- Author:
- Vescovo, Arnaldo and Vescovo, Alessandro
- Date Created:
- February-March 2009
- Collection:
- Luxor Roman Wall Paintings
- Series:
- Ramesses II Courtyard
- Location:
- Luxor, Egypt
- Time Period:
- Tetrarchy, Late Roman Period, and New Kingdom
- Topic:
- Ramses II, King of Egypt, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Royalty, Pharaohs, Thrones in art, and Art, Ancient--Egypt
- Cultural Object:
- Inscriptions, Columns, Niche (Architecture), Colossi, Statues, Temples, Apses (Architecture), Relief (Art), Inscriptions, Columns, Niche (Architecture), Colossi, Statues, Temples, Apses (Architecture), Relief (Art), Inscriptions, Columns, Niche (Architecture), Colossi, Statues, Temples, Apses (Architecture), Relief (Art), Inscriptions, Columns, Niche (Architecture), Colossi, Statues, Temples, Apses (Architecture), Relief (Art), Inscriptions, Columns, Niche (Architecture), Colossi, Statues, Temples, Apses (Architecture), Relief (Art), Inscriptions, Columns, Niche (Architecture), Colossi, Statues, Temples, Apses (Architecture), and Relief (Art)
- Genre:
- color photographs and color slides
- References:
- McFadden, Susanna. 2015. “The Luxor Temple Paintings in Context: Roman Visual Culture in Late Antiquity.” and “Picturing Power in Late Roman Egypt: The Imperial Cult, Imperial Portraits, and a Visual Panegyric for Diocletian” In Art of Empire: The Roman Frescoes and Imperial Cult Chamber in Luxor Temple, edited by Michael Jones and Susanna McFadden, 127-135, New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
- 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:
- Amenhotep III was responsible for constructing the greater part of the present Luxor Temple around 1400 BCE. Under Diocletian, Emperor of Rome, 245-313, the first Tetrarchy transformed the temple site, including one of the temple’s offering halls into what is now known as the imperial cult chamber. In the early 2000s, ARCE conducted several site visits to Luxor to extensively document the grounds and undertake conversation efforts for the Roman frescoes present in that chamber.
- Funding Agency:
- The conservation of Roman frescoes in the imperial cult chamber of the Luxor temple was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-00089-00 and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).