Tomb Opening Ceremony after completion of sarcophagus conservation
- Description:
- Tomb Opening Ceremony after completion of sarcophagus conservation
- Date Created:
- March 21, 2004
- 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:
- Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
- Genre:
- color photographs
- Conservation Note:
- On March 21, 2004, the tomb of Ramesses VI was officially reopened by the Minister of Culture, H.E. Farouk Hosni and the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass. Representatives from the American Embassy, the United States Agency for International Development, the American Research Center in Egypt, the Egyptian and foreign media and various officials of the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities were present. Copies of an illustrated brochure produced by the Egyptian Antiquities Project of the American Research Center in Egypt with text in English and Arabic were provided for all attending the ceremony. The achievements of the project were favorably received by the Egyptian authorities.
- 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_0632.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).