DEIR EL-BAHARI: TEMPLE OF TUTHMOSIS III
Branch of the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Mission to the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari.
Dates of work: November 2017
Team:
Director: Dr. Monika Dolińska (National Museum in Warsaw)
SCA representative: Madame Abla Abd el-Haq
Egyptologists: Janina Wiercińska (National Museum in Warsaw), Nathalie Beaux (IFAO)
Photographer: Zbigniew Doliński (National Museum in Warsaw)
Architect: Mariusz Caban (PhD candidate, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Ongoing work on the theoretical reconstruction of various temple chambers based on a reconstruction of the painted relief wall decoration. The team proceeded with a program of checking reconstruction drawings against surviving block fragments, coupled with a complementary project of high quality professional photography supporting a series of photomontages of selected parts of the decoration. The reconstruction of the Hypostyle Hall, Sanctuary, and Rooms D, G and H is nearing completion, in preparation for the final publication.
Text: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 27/1