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DOI Artikel:Szafrański, Zbigniew Eugeniusz: Temple of Hatshepsut: at Deir el-Bahari, Season 2006/2007
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DEIR EL-BAHARI
EGYPT
TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT
AT DEIR EL-BAHARI, SEASON 2006/2007
Zbigniew E. Szafranski
The Polish-Egyptian Mission to the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari carried out
a program of work between 26 October 2006 and 2 May 2007.
The main objective of the two seasons was the restoration of the Complex of the Sun
Cult, conservation of the Southern Chamber of Amun-Re, and continued
documentation work and excavation in the Complex of the Royal Mortuary Cult and an
area located to the south of this Complex. The Hathor Retaining Wall, located above
and west of the Hathor Shrine Vestibule, was reinforced; its top was restored with two
layers of stone blocks.
Epigraphic documentation of the North Wall of the Upper (Festival) Courtyard
rounded off the restoration completed in previous seasons. It was also needed to make
progress on a study of scenes of the “Beautiful Feast of the Valley”. Documentation studies
of scenes including figures of Neferure-Ahmose discovered recently in the Courtyard
(cf. Szafranski 2009: 280-283 and Figs 11-12) were dictated by their inherent
ideological importance.
1 The staff included: Zbigniew E. Szafrahski, egyptologist (Director); Miroslaw Barwik, egyptologist (Deputy Director); Teresa
Kaczor, Chief Architect (Deputy Director); Izabela Uchman-Laskowska, Chief Conservator; Olga Bialostocka, egyptologist;
Aleksandra Brzozowska, architect; Marta Cytrynska, archaeologist; Monika Czerniec, conservator; Andrzej Cwiek,
egyptologist; Monika Dolihska, egyptologist; Mariusz Dybich, technician; Jadwiga Iwaszczuk, egyptologist; Maciej
Jawornicki, photographer; Grazyna Karpihska, architect; Marlena Koczorowska-Pyzik, conservator; Fabiola Kolago, student
of archaeology; Edyta Kopp, egyptologist; Karol Kwiatkowski, student of archaeology; Maria Mathia, student of archaeology;
Mieczyslaw Michiewicz, engineer-constructor; Agnieszka Niemirka, archaeologist; Wojciech Osiak, conservator; Marek
Puszkarski, documentalist; Pawel Sobczyhski, conservator; Anastazja Stupko, egyptologist; Dawid Wieczorek, student of
archaeology; volunteers: Marta Cwiek, Joanna Lis, Malgorzata Kujawa, Anna Longa, Szymon Mailak, Monika Wi^ch.
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) was represented by inspectors: Hasan Ali Ahmed, Mahmoud Abdallah M. Ammar
and Mohamed Yousuf Mohamed.
We would like to express sincere gratitude to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA; Sabry Abd El Aziz Khater,
General Director of the Pharaonic Department of the SCA, and Ali Al-Asfar, General Director of Antiquities in el-Gurna
(SCA), for their invaluable help and continuous support.
Special thanks are due Dr. Janusz Garecki (Henkel-Polska Co.) for his understanding and valuable help in our conservation
and restoration projects.
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Polish Archaeology in che Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
EGYPT
TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT
AT DEIR EL-BAHARI, SEASON 2006/2007
Zbigniew E. Szafranski
The Polish-Egyptian Mission to the Hatshepsut Temple at Deir el-Bahari carried out
a program of work between 26 October 2006 and 2 May 2007.
The main objective of the two seasons was the restoration of the Complex of the Sun
Cult, conservation of the Southern Chamber of Amun-Re, and continued
documentation work and excavation in the Complex of the Royal Mortuary Cult and an
area located to the south of this Complex. The Hathor Retaining Wall, located above
and west of the Hathor Shrine Vestibule, was reinforced; its top was restored with two
layers of stone blocks.
Epigraphic documentation of the North Wall of the Upper (Festival) Courtyard
rounded off the restoration completed in previous seasons. It was also needed to make
progress on a study of scenes of the “Beautiful Feast of the Valley”. Documentation studies
of scenes including figures of Neferure-Ahmose discovered recently in the Courtyard
(cf. Szafranski 2009: 280-283 and Figs 11-12) were dictated by their inherent
ideological importance.
1 The staff included: Zbigniew E. Szafrahski, egyptologist (Director); Miroslaw Barwik, egyptologist (Deputy Director); Teresa
Kaczor, Chief Architect (Deputy Director); Izabela Uchman-Laskowska, Chief Conservator; Olga Bialostocka, egyptologist;
Aleksandra Brzozowska, architect; Marta Cytrynska, archaeologist; Monika Czerniec, conservator; Andrzej Cwiek,
egyptologist; Monika Dolihska, egyptologist; Mariusz Dybich, technician; Jadwiga Iwaszczuk, egyptologist; Maciej
Jawornicki, photographer; Grazyna Karpihska, architect; Marlena Koczorowska-Pyzik, conservator; Fabiola Kolago, student
of archaeology; Edyta Kopp, egyptologist; Karol Kwiatkowski, student of archaeology; Maria Mathia, student of archaeology;
Mieczyslaw Michiewicz, engineer-constructor; Agnieszka Niemirka, archaeologist; Wojciech Osiak, conservator; Marek
Puszkarski, documentalist; Pawel Sobczyhski, conservator; Anastazja Stupko, egyptologist; Dawid Wieczorek, student of
archaeology; volunteers: Marta Cwiek, Joanna Lis, Malgorzata Kujawa, Anna Longa, Szymon Mailak, Monika Wi^ch.
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) was represented by inspectors: Hasan Ali Ahmed, Mahmoud Abdallah M. Ammar
and Mohamed Yousuf Mohamed.
We would like to express sincere gratitude to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA; Sabry Abd El Aziz Khater,
General Director of the Pharaonic Department of the SCA, and Ali Al-Asfar, General Director of Antiquities in el-Gurna
(SCA), for their invaluable help and continuous support.
Special thanks are due Dr. Janusz Garecki (Henkel-Polska Co.) for his understanding and valuable help in our conservation
and restoration projects.
251
Polish Archaeology in che Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007