Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

DEIR EL-BAHARI

EGYPT

DEIR EL-BAHARI
THE EPIGRAPHIC MISSION:
HATHOR PROJECT
Janusz Karkowski

The team working on the project for the publication of the decoration and architecture of the
Chapel of Hathor in the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari completed the most recent
season in 2003.1 Extensive recording of the Hatshepsut temple by the Epigraphic Mission
started in 1989. Since 1992 the Hathor Chapel project is being run as a joint effort of the
PCAIA and the IFAO in Cairo, co-directed by the present author and Dr. Nathalie
Beaux-Grimal.2

1 The work lasted from January 25 to February 14. Taking part in fieldwork were: Dr. Janusz Karkowski, egyptologist,
Director; Dr. Marianna Michalowska, artist and photographer; Mrs. Helena Zacharias, artist; Mr. Mostafa Ah Hashem,
inspector representing the SCA. The Mission is grateful to the Authorities of the Supreme Council of Antiquities for
permission to continue work on the project. At the same time we are very much obliged to Dr. Holeil Ghaly, SCA
representative in Luxor, and the staff of the Gurna Office of the SCA for facilitating the smooth running of the mission.
2 For early reports see: J. Karkowski, PAM II. Reports 1989-1990 (1991), 1; PAM IV. Reports 1992 (1993), 72f.;
PAM V. Reports 1993 (1994), 79f.; PAM VI. Reports 1994 (1995), 48f.; PAM VII. Reports 1995 (1996), 61; PAM VIII.
Reports 1996 (1997), 46f.; PAM IX, Reports 1997 (1998), 43f.. See also: N. Beaux, J. Karkowski, "La chapelle d'Hathor
du temple d'Hatchepsout a Deir el-Bahari. Rapport preliminaire", BIFAO 93 (1993), 7-24. Seasons starting from 1999
have been recorded in: B. Mathieu, "Travaux de l'Institut franqais d'archeologie orientale", BIFAO 100 (2000), 495;
BIFAO 101 (2001), 527; BIFAO 103 (2003), 547; BIFAO 104 (2004), 638. Cf. also J. Karkowski, "Well known
monuments rediscovered - publication of the Hathor Shrine in the temple complex of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-
Bahari", Polish Academy of Sciences Annual Report 2000, 20-23.

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