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East wall of ICC after conservation

Description:
East wall of ICC after conservation
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:
Post-conservation
Location:
Luxor, Egypt
Time Period:
Tetrarchy, Late Roman Period, and New Kingdom
Topic:
Imperialism in art, Animals in art, Art, Greco-Roman, Shields in art, Victory in art, Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts), Soldiers, Layered histories--material, Processions in art, and Altered in antiquity
Cultural Object:
Mural painting and decoration, Painting, Temples, Fresco painting, Mural painting and decoration, Painting, Temples, and Fresco painting
Genre:
color photographs and color slides
References:
Nelson number: 172. "Reliefs and Inscriptions at Luxor Temple, Vol. 2," The Epigraphic Survey, The Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/reliefs-and-inscriptions-luxor-temple-volume-2-facade-portals-upper
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).