Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (14.2002(2003))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

walls were filled with masonry, but recessed
with regard to the original wall face. For
the walls, original stone blocks were used
bonded in lime mortar mixed with some
white cement.
HYPOGEUM TOMB T 6
Specialized stone conservation works
followed the partial reconstruction of walls
surrounding the open courtyard and the
external walls in the front part of the tomb,
carried out in 2000, and also the anastylosis
and reconstruction of engaged columns,
pillars and door jambs, which has
continued from the previous season. Two to
three courses of reconstructed elements
were mounted in order to clarify the
functional layout of the aboveground
mausoleum.
In the course of the 2002 season several
column drums were reconstructed of
Helwan limestone, the objective being to
recreate the rhythm of columns in the front
portico. The two columns flanking the

main entrance were built up to a height of
1.15 m, while the remaining columns were
made to be from 0.95 to 0.76 m high. The
lime mortar used for the bonding included
some white cement. No dowels were used
as anathyrosis of the sections afforded suf-
ficient adherence of the elements.
Landscaping around the tomb (done by
the archaelogical mission earlier in the
season) was intended to make the facade of
the monument better visible from the
tourist route {Fig. 6).
HYPOGEUM TOMB T 1GH
Earlier conservation by a mission directed
by J. Dobrowolski covered staircase G and
the subterranean chamber, the ceiling of
which had to be supported on a masonry
pillar.S) In 1998, a piece of cornice
decorated with dentils from the main
entrance through a kiosk at the top of
staircase G was reassembled from pieces
and restored. A theoretical reconstruction
of the kiosk was also prepared.



Fig. 6. Facade of the mausoleum of Tomb 6 after reconstruction in 2002. View from the
northeast (Photo S. Medeksza)
8) Cf. J. Dobrowolski, PAM III, Reports 1990 (1991), 45f.; id., PAM V, Reports 1993 (1994), 37. For the plan and
excavations cf. W.A. Daszewski, PAM II, Reports 1989-1990 (1991), 33-34; id., PAM IV, Reports 1992 (1993), 23-27.

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