Egypt
- Salt Damage On The Wall Reliefs Of Dendera Temple, Egypt
Conservation Magazine With detailed photos. By Hesham Abbas Kamally The present study aims to identify and to characterize the main deterioration mechanisms that affect the wall reliefs of Dendera temple, Upper Egypt. The temple is famous...
- Restoration Of Second Khufu Boat Commences
Washington Post Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried next to the Pharaoh Khufu, spokesmen for a joint...
- Photo For Today - Armchair Of Hetepheres I
With my thanks to Jon Bodsworth www.egyptarchive.co.uk Chair from the tomb of Hetepheres I (reconstruction) Giza 4th Dynasty Wood and gold leaf Hetepheres was probably the wife of the first 4th Dynasty pharaoh Snefru, and was the mother of the builder...
- Conservation: More About The Work To Be Carried Out On The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
Al Ahram Weekly Almost nine decades after its discovery the tomb of Tutankhamun is to be comprehensively restored, reports Nevine El-Aref Click to view caption Ancient Egyptian tombs are attracting more and more visitors. Their very popularity, however,...
- Pharaonic Boat To Be Excavated, Reassembled
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) This story has already been extensively covered both here and elsewhere, but one of the nice things about this article is that it provides a very good round up of all the details scattered throughout the recent stories:...
Egypt
Deterioration of Khufu's funerary barge at Giza
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/834/he1.htm
"Ever since its discovery in 1954, the magnificent 4,600-year-old wooden funerary barge of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid, has been kept in poorly managed conditions. Its progressive deterioration has been calamitous. At long last, however, the responsibility of preparing a condition and conservation report on the vessel has been handed to Hani Hanna, chair of the International Conference on Heritage of the Naqada and Qus region, Egypt 2007.
Hanna summarised his comprehensive study by pointing out that the boat museum's environment and tourist visitation procedures needed to be urgently addressed, since the vessel had already been adversely affected by direct and indirect damage from humidity, temperature fluctuation, light and pollution. Outlining the reasons for and the extent of the damage, Hanna cited the serious harm caused by a wide range of other factors."
Hanna summarised his comprehensive study by pointing out that the boat museum's environment and tourist visitation procedures needed to be urgently addressed, since the vessel had already been adversely affected by direct and indirect damage from humidity, temperature fluctuation, light and pollution. Outlining the reasons for and the extent of the damage, Hanna cited the serious harm caused by a wide range of other factors."
See the above page for the full details.
- Salt Damage On The Wall Reliefs Of Dendera Temple, Egypt
Conservation Magazine With detailed photos. By Hesham Abbas Kamally The present study aims to identify and to characterize the main deterioration mechanisms that affect the wall reliefs of Dendera temple, Upper Egypt. The temple is famous...
- Restoration Of Second Khufu Boat Commences
Washington Post Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried next to the Pharaoh Khufu, spokesmen for a joint...
- Photo For Today - Armchair Of Hetepheres I
With my thanks to Jon Bodsworth www.egyptarchive.co.uk Chair from the tomb of Hetepheres I (reconstruction) Giza 4th Dynasty Wood and gold leaf Hetepheres was probably the wife of the first 4th Dynasty pharaoh Snefru, and was the mother of the builder...
- Conservation: More About The Work To Be Carried Out On The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
Al Ahram Weekly Almost nine decades after its discovery the tomb of Tutankhamun is to be comprehensively restored, reports Nevine El-Aref Click to view caption Ancient Egyptian tombs are attracting more and more visitors. Their very popularity, however,...
- Pharaonic Boat To Be Excavated, Reassembled
Discovery Channel (Rossella Lorenzi) This story has already been extensively covered both here and elsewhere, but one of the nice things about this article is that it provides a very good round up of all the details scattered throughout the recent stories:...