Fig. 1. Tuthmosis III offering incense to the god Atum from the northern
wall of the Re-Horakhty vestibule.
of the eastern wall just above the representation of the bark of the
setting sun.
The conservation of a niche in the lower part of the eastern
section of the wall has been completed. It involved injections for
reattachment of detached plasters, mortar fdls for cracks, losses
and broken edges, consolidation of the top layer of painting. All
previous repairs (cement or gypsum) were removed. Mortar made
up of powdered limestone with polyvinyl solution was used instead
of the gypsum. The top layer was consolidated and protected with
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