Ms. Masuda, together with Mr. Sayed, a new mural painting team leader of Egyptian side, made a detailed plan for follow artifacts in November, and discussed all the details with Dr. Hussein Kamal, the Project Manager. Ms. Narita and the Egyptian members executed the First Aid in the Egyptian Museum […]
Dr. Matsushima and Dr. Okada conducted with the conservators and scientists more X-ray radiography on the lead objects, especially bed and chariot, to supplement the work which was conducted in EM in March. This time, we were able to confirm more details about the joining part of the wood which […]
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 […]
Second Joint Coordinating Committee was held on November 28th in the conference room nearby GEM-CC. The meeting was started by Dr. Tarek giving welcome speech, expressing the Government’s interest in GEM-JC project as the Minister is always asking about the progress of work of GEM construction project as well as […]
Today started as a normal sunny day as most of the year in Egypt, only to surprise us at the end with the very first drops of rain rinsing the city and bringing with it a nice cold breeze, which allowed us to think back on a year full of […]
In October 2017 students from third to sixth grade of the Japanese school in Cairo visited the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC). We wanted them to experience the conservation process up close, so we put up a visit schedule to visit the laboratories and then try to be a […]
The Textile team has started discussing the specification of the mount. Mount is a essential factor in terms of both exhibition and preventive conservation. Textile team, informed with final display design, started discussion on mounting methods with many stakeholders including display planners, curators, and conservators. In the meetings, 4 different […]
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 […]
As the artifacts arrive to GEM-CC and get unpacked, the fumigation team always makes necessary visual inspection and decides the procedures for following fumigation. After visual inspection by the fumigation team, if fumigation deemed necessary, it will go on to the next process. In the case of our Follow Artifacts, […]
Documentation and condition check at the Luxor museum Accompanied by Dr. Osama Abo El Khair and Dr. Hussein Kamal, Mr.Eissa Zidan the head of the transportation team started the preparation for the transportation of Tutankhamun’s chariot exhibited at the Luxor Museum. As the Luxor Museum curators opened the showcase, both […]
