DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Niwiński, Andrzej: Deir el-Bahari: cliff mission, 2000
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41368#0223
DEIR EL-BAHARI
EGYPT
DEIR EL-BAHARI
CLIFF MISSION, 2000
Andrzej Niwinski
with contributions by
Mikolaj Budzanowski, Maciej Pawlikowski and Siawomir Rzepka
In its second field season (October 16-December 14, 2000), the Polish-Egyptian Cliff
Mission1} working in the area located high in the cliff overhanging the temple of Hatshepsut
at Deir el-Bahari, focused on archaeological research meant to verify in the field last season's
hypothesis about the existence of a tomb in the area, while continuing the graffiti survey
project.
1) As last year, the mission was, co-directed by Prof. Dr. Andrzej Niwinski from Warsaw University and Prof. Dr. Shafia
Bedier from Ain Shams University in Cairo. The team comprised: Mr. Mikolaj Budzanowski, Ms Joanna Hartwig,
Mr. Tadas Rutkauskas, Mr. Siawomir Rzepka, Ms Monika Sadowska and Ms Katarzyna Tempczyk, Egyptologists; students
of archaeology Mr. Marek Gizmajer and Ms Magdalena Muraszko; Mr. Hubert Chudzio and Mr. Robert Pencak,
documentalists. Prof. Dr. Maciej Pawlikowski, geologist and mineralogist from the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in
Cracow, worked in association with the mission.
The work of the Mission would not have been possible without financial assistance from sponsors, institutional and private,
to whom we are duly grateful. A very special word of thanks goes to the Late Barbara Zatorska for helping out in a tight
spot.
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EGYPT
DEIR EL-BAHARI
CLIFF MISSION, 2000
Andrzej Niwinski
with contributions by
Mikolaj Budzanowski, Maciej Pawlikowski and Siawomir Rzepka
In its second field season (October 16-December 14, 2000), the Polish-Egyptian Cliff
Mission1} working in the area located high in the cliff overhanging the temple of Hatshepsut
at Deir el-Bahari, focused on archaeological research meant to verify in the field last season's
hypothesis about the existence of a tomb in the area, while continuing the graffiti survey
project.
1) As last year, the mission was, co-directed by Prof. Dr. Andrzej Niwinski from Warsaw University and Prof. Dr. Shafia
Bedier from Ain Shams University in Cairo. The team comprised: Mr. Mikolaj Budzanowski, Ms Joanna Hartwig,
Mr. Tadas Rutkauskas, Mr. Siawomir Rzepka, Ms Monika Sadowska and Ms Katarzyna Tempczyk, Egyptologists; students
of archaeology Mr. Marek Gizmajer and Ms Magdalena Muraszko; Mr. Hubert Chudzio and Mr. Robert Pencak,
documentalists. Prof. Dr. Maciej Pawlikowski, geologist and mineralogist from the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in
Cracow, worked in association with the mission.
The work of the Mission would not have been possible without financial assistance from sponsors, institutional and private,
to whom we are duly grateful. A very special word of thanks goes to the Late Barbara Zatorska for helping out in a tight
spot.
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