Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (13.2001(2002))

DEIR EL-BAHARI

EGYPT

DEIR EL-BAHARI
THE TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT
SEASON 2001
Miroslaw Barwik

The work of the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Restoration Mission of the Hatshepsut
Temple was conducted at Deir el-Bahari in the period from February 3 to March 19,
200Id1 The main objective of the season was the preparation of projects for further
restoration, including the Solar Cult Complex and the Royal Mortuary Cult Complex.
Despite a short season, conservation and restoration work was coyitinued in different parts of
the Upper Terrace of the temple.1 2)
1) The staff of the mission included: Dr. Zbigniew Szafranski, Director; Dr. Miroslaw Barwik, Deputy Director; Mr.
Mikolaj Budzanowski, Egyptologist; Ms Monika Czerniec, Mr. Rajmund W. Gazda, conservators; Mr. Tomasz Gorecki,
ceramologist; Mr. and Mrs. Andrzej and Magdalena Grzegorczyk, photographers; Ms Jadwiga Iwaszczuk, Egyptologist;
Messrs. Waldemar Jerke, George B. Johnson, photographers; Mr. Andrzej Kwasnica, architect; Mrs. Maria Lulkiewicz,
conservator; Mr. Mieczyslaw Michiewicz, architect; Ms. Ute Rummel, Egyptologist; Mr. Yasser Youssif Ahmed,
Egyptologist and SCA inspector; Ms Olga Bialostocka, Mr. Eukasz Dzigciolowski, students of Egyptology.
2) The author would like to express his sincere gratitude to Prof. Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Secretary General of the
Supreme Council of Antiquities; Dr. Mohammed El-Saghir, General Director of the Pharaonic Department; Mr. Sabry Abd
El Aziz Khater, Director of Antiquities in Luxor; Mr. Mohammed El-Bialy, Director of Antiquities at Qurna; and to Prof.
Dr. Michai Gawlikowski, Director of the Polish Centre of Archaeology of Warsaw University in Cairo, for their invaluable
help and friendly attitude.

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