Mr. Ahmed Adel and Ms. Amira Abdel Hakim conducted 3D scanning on the lead artifacts of wood and mural paintings in GEM-CC using the portable 3D scanner. We documented Tutankhamun’s bed and chariot after transportation to GEM-CC. The acquired 3D data still needs a lot of processing. 3D scanning was […]
Staying for two weeks, Mr. Ogasawara and Mr. Watanabe, two highly professional photographers, came from Japan equipped with a high resolution camera that can capture up to 80 mega pixels quality photos, with which they carried out the high resolution photographing of the lead artifacts. Such a high-end camera and […]
More analysis and diagnosis using X-ray radiography, electromagnetic radar, high spec digital microscope was carried out by the wall painting team and scientists of analysis and diagnosis team. In order to assess the internal structures by the application of modern science and technology, X-ray radiography and digital microscopes were procured […]
During July to August, Ms. Masuda and Dr. Narita, along with the wall painting team led by Mr. Helmy and coordinated by Mr. Saeed and Mr. Ahmed, conducted condition survey at the Cairo Egyptian Museum. The wall painting team created a visual glossary before the survey so that all the […]
The transportation of Snefru’s relief was completed and arrived at GEM-CC. The planning phase took place in February in a collaboration work of Japanese experts from Nippon Express Ltd., and the actual transportation work was carried out by the Egyptian transportation team. The relief was discovered by the Egyptian archaeologist […]
Ms. Masuda and Dr. Narita from the mural painting team arrived at the beginning of May to start preparing the target artifacts for transportation from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center with Mr. Mahmoud Helmy and Egyptian mural painting experts. They started with applying […]
One of the main objectives of our project is formulating the transportation plan of the limestone relief of King Senefru’s Valley Temple from the Bent Pyramid in Dahshur, which is currently being stored at the Giza storage and is set to be displayed in GEM. On 9th of February, 2017, the team went to inspect […]
Dr. Kumi Masuda from the mural paintings Japanese team arrived on the 11th of February, and started meetings with the Egyptian team to make a detailed condition check in order to finalize the conservation plan. They continued the work in EM(the Egyptian Museum, Tahrir), opening showcases of the target artifacts […]
As soon as the Japanese experts arrived, they started the preliminary condition check to confirm the target artifacts’ conditions , and to collect data on which the scheduling of the whole project will be based. The Egyptian documentation team was present throughout the whole process working together on the photographic documentation, […]
The GEM-JC Project’s target artifacts include 7 sets of wall paintings, 1 of which is a lead target artifact and the other 6 sets are follow artifacts. The lead artifacts will be the objects which GEM-CC and the Japanese conservators will work on collaboratively together, whereas the follow artifacts are the objects on which they will […]
