ARCE

Temporary lab structure

Description:
Temporary lab structure
Photographer:
Image captured by Jaroslaw Dobrowolski
Date Created:
2002
Collection:
Greco-Roman Museum Mosaic Conservation
Series:
Pre-conservation
Location:
Alexandria, Egypt and Al Iskandarīyah
Time Period:
Hellenistic Period and Ptolemaic Period
Genre:
color photographs and work site
Conservation Note:
Douglas Haldane of INA-Egypt had received two grants from us and had, in a creative adaptive re-use project, established a conservation lab for submerged artifacts from existing out-buildings at a villa belonging to the uncle of King Farouk (and now the SCA's maritime museum). He and Adel Farouk provided physical space at the lab and liaison services. Each mosaic was lifted from the Greco-Roman Museum and brought to this lab for the majority of the conservation work. Only the final touches were performed back on-site in the museum itself (Final Presentation Report, RV)
Copyright Status:
copyrighted
Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Local ID:
arce_ca_mmc_images_0154.tif
Project History:
Within the walls of the Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt are three intricate mosaics of very fine quality between the second and third century, BCE. Under the auspices of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), Father Michele Piccirillo of the Studium Biblicum Franciscum directed the conservation of the mosaics. Notably, it resulted in the public viewing of the stag hunt mosaic for the first time since its discovery. Conservation work was made possible with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
Funding Agency:
Greco-Roman Museum Mosaic Conservation project 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).