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Members of Hatshepsut Mission at conferences in May

In May several members of Hatshepsut Mission will present their research on international conferences. Filip Taterka and Katarzyna Kapiec will present their papers at the conference "Current Research in Egyptology XVIIth", which will be held in Cracow on the 4-7 May. Dr. Andrzej Ćwiek will give a paper at the conference "8. Tagung zur ägyptischen Königsideologie", which will be held in Budapest on the 12-14 May.

 

Programme of the "Current Research in Egyptology XVIIth" can be found HERE.

Programme of the "8. Tagung zur ägyptischen Königsideologie" can be found HERE.

Abstract ot the Dr A. Ćwiek's paper can be found HERE.

Another award for Polish Mission!

We are glad to inform you that Polish Mission has received another award for conservation. During the XVth European Congress of Renovation Information, on the April, 5th, the jury awarded our Mission for "outstanding achievements in the renovation of the historical area" for conservation of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari with the use of Remmers technology. Award has been received by Mr Jacek Olesiak, representative of Remmers company in Poland, and Mr Rajmund Gazda, chief of conservators of the Mission.

 

Happy Easter!

Polish Mission wishes you a happy Easter!

Second part of the season 2015/2016

Season 2015/2016 is slowly coming to an end. This is the last week of Mission's work this spring. Works in the second part of the season (January-March 2016) were devoted to continuation of different projects - conservation, inventory, publication of the Complex of Royal Cult, elaboration of the building dipinti from the Temple and textiles from Tomb II. 

Luxor Times Egyptology Awards ceremony

On 20th February, 2016, Luxor Times Egyptology Awards ceremony was held in Mummification Museum in Luxor. Polish Mission has been awarded for the one of the top 5 restoration projects in 2015. Dr. Zbigniew E. Szafrański, Director of the Mission, received an award for the restoration project of the Complex of the Sun Cult from the Minister of Antiquiites, Dr. Mamdouh Eldamaty.

Symposium on Conservation 11-12 February, 2016

On the 11-12 February 2016 there will be Symposium on Conservation held in Luxor, attended by our conservators - Rajmund Gazda, Wojciech Myjak, Maria Lulkiewicz, Sara Arbter and Director of the Mission Dr. Zbigniew Szafrański. The conference is divided into two parts - on the 11th February selected restoration projects conducted in Thebes will be presented in Mumification Museum (including our Mission - Rajmund Gazda will deliver a paper "Conservation of Stone Material of the Temple of Hatshepsut"), while on the 12th February there will be workshop for conservators in Marsam Hotel.

More info can be found HERE.

Luxor Times award nomination!

We are pleased to inform you that the restoration project of the Complex of Solar Cult at the Upper Terrace in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari conducted by the  Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Mission has been nominated to the Luxor Times award as one of the top 5 restoration projects of 2015. The award ceremony will be held in Luxor on 20th February and will be attended e.g. by the Minister of Antiquities Dr. Mamdouh El-Damaty. More info coming soon!

Season 2015/2016 - resumption of works

At the end of January Polish Mission has resumed works in the Hatshepsut temple. This part of the season will be dedicated to the reconstruction of the ozyriac statute by the northern edge of the Lower Portico and to the epigraphic and reconstruction project in the Complex of Royal Cult. The survey excavations by the outer southern wall of the Hatshepsut Chapel and textile project are also continued. The season will last till approx. 17th March.

 

More information about the works in the Complex of Royal Cult can be found HERE and HERE.

 

More information about the analysis and documentation of textiles found in Tomb II project can be found HERE.

 

 

Christmas Break and Wishes

In the middle of December Hatshepsut Mission has ended the first part of the 2015/2016 season, which was devoted mainly to the epigrpahy. Memebers of the Mission already came back to Poland for Christmas break and works will be resumed in January 2016. With upcoming Christmas, we wish you all a wonderful and peaceful time with your family and all the best in the New Year!

The first photos from the season 2015/2016

In the autumn part of the season the works of the Mission are focused primarily on the continuation of epigraphic documentation. The first pictures from the season 2015/2016 can be viewed in our gallery. Photos can be viewed HERE.