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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Starting from 23th March, the Egyptian and the Japanese experts have started working on Tutankhamun’s chariot and bed which are displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, preparing for their transportation to the Grand Egyptian museum. Dr. Medhat and Dr. Okada worked together with the Documentation team and Wood Conservation […]
GEM-JC Project will provide 3 high-value instruments throughout the duration of the project, including a X-ray radiography device, a Digital Stereo Microscope and a 3D portable scanner, all of which are important analysis instruments that will be of great help in the documentation and analysis processes. Despite a slight delay […]
