12th April 2013
I have been keeping an eye on this site over many years and thought I would put together the photos taken over three years that show the good work being done here.
Tuthmosis III Mortuary Temple - Sheik Abd El Qurna
I have been keeping an eye on this site over many years and thought I would put together the photos taken over three years that show the good work being done here.
Tuthmosis III Mortuary Temple - Sheik Abd El Qurna
The excavation, restoration, conservation and site management project of the Mortuary Temple of Tuthmosis III, located on the West bank of Luxor, first began in 2008. It has been a joint project between the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt and the Academy of Fine Arts of Seville, Spain.
The team is directed by Dr. Myriam Seco Álvarez and Dr.Nur Abd el Gafar Mohamed. The Mortuary Temple of Tuthmosis III, known to the ancient Egyptians as a Temple of Millions of Years. This temple was built for a pharaoh considered to be the “Napoleon” of Ancient Egypt. He is one of the most important pharaohs of the New Kingdom.
They are collaborating with the Faculty of Fine Arts and Archaeology at the University of Granada, in order to enable Masters Degree students to gain practical experience on the site. Professors from the University of Granada are directly involved in training Inspectors from the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt in various specialties, such as topography, documentation and database entry. They have also organized a field school on the site in collaboration with Santander Universities (Banco Santander).
They are also collaborating with the Materials and Topography Laboratories of the Polytechnic University of Cataluña, Spain. Topographic works will constitute the execution of photogrammetric restorations of the Mortuary Temple of Tuthmosis III, whilst the Materials Laboratory will study the various materials used for the construction of the temple.
18th November 2013
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