Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

DEIR EL-BAHARI

EGYPT

Statues ofHatshepsut and related sculptures found in the Deir el-Bahari area by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art expedition were also studied.
In two storerooms housing fragments of reliefs from the temple of Tuthmosis III,
activities centered on completing a theoretical reconstruction of the iconographic program
of the temple decoration.
Asidefrom the main program, the mission also expedited some artifacts from the Deir
el-Bahari and Luxor Museum stores for presentation at the “Seventy Years of Polish
Archaeology in Egypt” exhibition held in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo in October-
Decetnber 2007 (extended to January 2008).
I. COMPLEX OF THE SUN CULT

The work undertaken comprised partial
conservation and restoration of the so-called
Great Altar [Fig. 1], color unification of the
north and south walls of the courtyard, and
conservation of a painted representation of

Re-Horakhty in the entrance to the
Complex. The restoration work in the
Complex is presented in a separate report by
Teresa Kaczor and Mieczyslaw Michiewicz
in this volume.


Fig. 1. Co?nplex of the Sun Cult: the Sun Altar after cleaning, conservation and restoration
(Photo M. Jawornicki)

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