DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Pawlicki, Franciszek: Hatshepsut Temple: conservation an preservation project 1994/5
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26390#0077
were re-erected and attached to the pillars of the portico. It was
decided that the newly restored statues would be set up on either
side of the Upper Portico's axis to give an immediate idea of what
the temple's facade originally looked like.
Protective works aimed at ensuring the structural safety of
the temple continued to be carried out on an extensive scale during
the current season. Areas affected by the deformative action of the
weathering Esna-shale deposits in the surrounding mountains, a
constant problem which the mission has addressed over the past
several years, were the focus of protective measures. A number of
engineering projects was also prepared for future works, including
a plan for draining the area north of the temple. The project calls
for a series of parallel retaining walls to be built on the slope above
the temple in order to keep rainwater from descending directly
upon the structure. During the season the protective works behind
the northern colonnade of the Middle Platform, and behind the
western wall of the Upper Chapel of Anubis were completed. At
the same time the project for protection of the northern chapel of
Ajmun was elaborated.
The mission's intensive programme of conservation work
initiated two years ago was continued. Additional tasks will be
accomplished owing to urgent needs in several parts of the temple
following recent rainfall. Nevertheless, the principles guiding the
conservation are immutable:
- protection of the original substance of the parts of the temple
already restored or preserved in situ against further disintegration
(Lower Shrine of Anubis, Vestibule of Royal Cult Complex,
Vestibule of Re-Horakhty, Upper Court);
- preparation of decorated stones to be used in the coming
restoration (blocks from the walls of the Upper Court, Royal Cult
Complex, Northern Lower Portico);
- systematic prophylactic treatment of the temple's elements (Room
for the Bark, Upper Portico);
- emergency intervention in units menaced by rainfalls (Upper
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decided that the newly restored statues would be set up on either
side of the Upper Portico's axis to give an immediate idea of what
the temple's facade originally looked like.
Protective works aimed at ensuring the structural safety of
the temple continued to be carried out on an extensive scale during
the current season. Areas affected by the deformative action of the
weathering Esna-shale deposits in the surrounding mountains, a
constant problem which the mission has addressed over the past
several years, were the focus of protective measures. A number of
engineering projects was also prepared for future works, including
a plan for draining the area north of the temple. The project calls
for a series of parallel retaining walls to be built on the slope above
the temple in order to keep rainwater from descending directly
upon the structure. During the season the protective works behind
the northern colonnade of the Middle Platform, and behind the
western wall of the Upper Chapel of Anubis were completed. At
the same time the project for protection of the northern chapel of
Ajmun was elaborated.
The mission's intensive programme of conservation work
initiated two years ago was continued. Additional tasks will be
accomplished owing to urgent needs in several parts of the temple
following recent rainfall. Nevertheless, the principles guiding the
conservation are immutable:
- protection of the original substance of the parts of the temple
already restored or preserved in situ against further disintegration
(Lower Shrine of Anubis, Vestibule of Royal Cult Complex,
Vestibule of Re-Horakhty, Upper Court);
- preparation of decorated stones to be used in the coming
restoration (blocks from the walls of the Upper Court, Royal Cult
Complex, Northern Lower Portico);
- systematic prophylactic treatment of the temple's elements (Room
for the Bark, Upper Portico);
- emergency intervention in units menaced by rainfalls (Upper
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