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The American Research Center in Egypt : Annual Report 1996
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Board of Governors -- Staff -- Directors’ Letters -- United States Operations -- New Antiquities Endowment Museum Specialist Project Conservator -- in-Residence Program -- William McHugh Award -- Fellowship Program -- The Exhibition -- ARCE Annual Meeting 1996 -- The Public Program -- Local Chapters -- Egyptian Operations -- Cairo Seminar Series -- Simpson Cairo Library Report -- Egyptian Antiquities Project Antiquities Development Project Field School Report -- Projects and Expeditions -- Members, Supporters, and Friends -- Financial Statements.
The American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. : Annual Report Fiscal Year 1997
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Board of Governors -- Staff -- Directors’ Letters -- United States Operations -- Fellowship Program -- The Public Program -- Film Festival -- William McHugh Award -- ARCE Annual Meeting 1997 Theban Desert Road Survey Conservator-in-Residence Program -- Local Chapters -- Egyptian Operations -- Egyptian Antiquities Project Antiquities Development Project Cairo Seminar Series -- Simpson Cairo Library Report Field School Report -- Projects and Expeditions -- Members, Supporters, and Friends -- Financial Statements.
Conservation of the Tomb of Anen
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Located on necropolis of the West Bank of Luxor, the tomb of Anen belonged to an ancient Egyptian priest who served under the reign of Amenhotep III. Over time, the tomb had deteriorated and the roof caved in, filling the tomb with rubble and subjecting the wall paintings to light, heat, and water damage, as well as looters. This project, sponsored by the Royal Ontario Museum, was to conserve and protect the tomb of Anen (TT120), as well as the paintings inside. In addition to stabilizing and reinforcing the walls of the tomb, the conservators mechanically cleaned the reliefs with brushes and scalpels and repaired the mission sections through re-adhered fragments with special mortar. Paintings that had been damaged or removed were restored, mimicking an ancient painting technique where craftsmen sketched the relief images in red ink before filling them with color. The team also constructed a protective display box over the restored wall reliefs to protect them from human or environmental damage and built a series of low slanted walls along the top edges of the tomb to divert rainwater.
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The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) managed the implementation of the conservation of the tomb of Anen in the Theban Necropolis in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities). Lyla Pinch-Brock, co-director of the Royal Ontario Theban Tombs Project based in Toronto, Canada, served as director of the project, aided by conservator Ewa Paradonwska and architect Nicholas Warner. Photographs were taken by Edwin C. Brock and Francis Dzikowski. :
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Conservation of the monument was funded through the American Research Center in Egypt's Egyptian Antiquities Project (ARCE-EAP) under United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-00089-00 (formerly 263-0000-G-00-308900).