Francis Dzikowski photographing the sarcophagus lid
- Description:
- Francis Dzikowski photographing the sarcophagus lid
- Date Created:
- June, 2003
- Collection:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation
- Series:
- Post-conservation
- Location:
- Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, and Kings, Valley of the
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Art, Ancient--Egypt, Sarcophagi, Fragmentation--Antiquities, Relief (Art), Tombs--Egypt, Funerary monuments, and Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
- Genre:
- color photographs
- Conservation Note:
- Francis Dzikowski, staff photographer for the Theban Mapping Project, was available during each of the project's seasons to photograph on-going work in the tomb. He recorded the state of the sarcophagus assembly at the beginning of each season and at its completion. He was able to place his cameras in various difficult viewpoints, including a view from directly above while supported on the winch scaffolding. He made a final shooting session of the completed assemblies of the box and lid on June 21, 2003.
- Copyright Status:
- copyrighted
- 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)."
- Local ID:
- arce_ca_srvi_images_0579.tif
- Funding Agency:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation project was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-0089-00 (formerly 263-0000-G-00-3089-00) and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).