Another bed and chariot were successfully transported from the EM to the GEM-CC on the 5th and 9th of October. Although the 5th was a make-up holiday for the national holiday of the “Armed Forces Day” in Egypt, the transportation team members gathered in red project t-shirts uniform and worked […]
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 […]
In ICOM-CC Copenhagen 2017 held from September 3 to 9, 2017, five presentations made by GEM-CC experts were adopted. Three of them, by Dr.Hussein Kamal, Noor Badr and Said Mansur, were financially supported by the International Cultural Heritage Conservation Project Office, Tokyo University of the Fine Arts, and two presentations, […]
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 […]
August 2017- preparing for the scheduled transport of the Follow Target Artifacts in October, the wood conservation team and documentation team started the first aid and the documentation of the ritual beds and the chariot of King Tutankhamun at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Now, Mr. Ahmed Abd-Rabo, Mr. Ahmed […]
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 […]
Starting from the 17th of May, the transportation team from both the Egyptian and Japanese sides started working together on packing Tutankhamun’s ritual bed and chariot. Mr. Eissa, the General Director of First-Aid, Packing and Transportation in GEM, along with Mr. Tokuda and Mr. Masada from Nippon Express Ltd., worked […]
On 3rd of May, the Egyptian experts have attended a lecture about the usage of a new portable 3D scanner device, in preparation for the work at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir. On 10th May, Dr. Oishi, Dr. Kagesawa and Ms. Kamakura (3D Scanning team) arrived in Cairo to start […]
On May 8, Tutankhamun Conference was held at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center (GEM-CC). Many experts from different nationalities attended this conference and some of them gave very interesting presentations about the achievements of the Conservation Center. Dr. Tarek and Dr. Hussein greeted the attendants of the conference. Followed […]
