Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (12.2000(2001))

DEIR EL-BAHARI

EGYPT

The restored part of the southeastern
Colonnade of the Upper Courtyard with the
already mounted architrave6) on the main
Courtyard and temple axis is the strongest
element of the whole aesthetic restoration
idea (Fig. 1). Columns of the western side
were restored to about the middle of their
height, permitting full view of the restored
facade of the Main Sanctuary. The
colonnade of the northern side and the
northern part of the eastern side was
marked with column bases, architrave
blocks placed on artificial benches and
restored pavement slabs. A good display of
the restored wall decoration, mainly scenes

of the Beautiful Feast of the Valley, has
thus been achieved (Fig. 2).
WALLS
The most important task of the season was
the final execution of wall renders
connecting the original blocks in the
courtyard walls (the west, south and east
walls restored in previous seasons) and the
aesthetic unification of the various parts,
including the sculpting of the general
outlines of missing parts of scenes for the
sake of a greater legibility of the decoration.
All of the 151 original blocks and block
fragments in the northern part of the West


Fig. 1. Temple of Flatshepsut. Bird's eye view, March 2000
(Photo W. Jerke)

6) F. Pawlicki, PAM XI, Reports 1999 (2000) 157, fig. 4. Actually, the architrave belongs to the third (C) row of the
colonnade.

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