Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

MAREA

EGYPT

CONSERVATION WORK
AT MAREA IN 2007
Barbara Wroiiska-Kucy

The shortened excavation season of2007 did
not allow for the planned conservation
program to be executed in full.1 Protection
was undertaken of the most endangered

masonry structures located within the
presbytery area of the basilica, namely, the
baptismal font and the earlier structure of the
pottery kiln [Fig. /].


Fig. 1. Basilica presbytery area, general view, condition after the season in 2007. Note pottery kiln wall
and baptistery font (Photo J.M. Kucy)

1 Conservation work for the PCM A mission at Marea was directed by Barbara Wrohska-Kucy, architect, representing
Bone/Levine Architects, New York, the sponsor of the conservation work. Technical and photographic services were
provided by Jack M. Kucy, JMK-Gallery.com, New York. Joanna Babraj (Krakow Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of
Conservation) participated in the conservation of the plasterwork of the baptistery font. The Egyptian side was
represented by Hala El-Fawal, delegated by the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

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