Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (11.1999(2000))

DEIR EL-BAHARI

EGYPT

DEIR EL-BAHARI
CLIFF MISSION, 1999
Andrzej Niwinski et al.

The Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Geological Cliff Mission1^ has undertaken twofold
research on the cliff overhanging the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. One objective
was to carry out an egyptological examination of the area of the cliff that had not been
covered by the "Graffiti de la Montagne Thebaine" project of the late 1960s and early
1970s. The other was a geological survey of the cliff face with the goal of estimating poten-
tial hazards to the temple and tourists visiting the upper terrace (following its opening to the
public in April 2000).
The season lasted from October 9 until November 9, 1999.

The mission was co-directed by Prof. Dr. Andrzej Niwinski from Warsaw University and Prof. Dr. Shafia Bedier from
Ain Shams University, Cairo. The egyptological team included Messrs. Mikolaj Budzanowski, Tadas Rutkauskas and
Slawomir Rzepka. The joint geological research was carried out, on the Polish side, by geologists Messrs. Krzysztof Cabalski
and Michal Radzikowski from the Chair of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, Warsaw University, under the
supervision of Prof. Dr. Andrzej Dr^gowski, and on the Egyptian side by a team of Prof. Dr. Abd el-Hamid Noweyr and
Prof. Dr. Abd el-Monem Tawfik from Tanta University.
The inspector representing the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt was Mr. Yasser Youssif Ahmed.

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