Tomb Opening
- Description:
- Tomb Opening
- Physical Description:
- 7 photographs
- Author:
- Brock, Edwin
- Date Created:
- March 21, 2004
- Collection:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation
- Series:
- Post-conservation
- Location:
- Kings, Valley of the, Luxor, Egypt, and Al Uqşur
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 20th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Ramesses VI, King of Egypt
- Fieldwork activities:
- information signs, information signs, information signs, information signs, information signs, information signs, and information signs
- Genre:
- color photographs
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Rights Statement:
- Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
- Project History:
- Located in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Ramesses VI’s tomb once held hundreds of stone sarcophagus fragments, the result of the demolition of its sarcophagi in antiquity. Decorated on the exterior with painted figures and text, the mummiform inner stone sarcophagus fragments were reassembled by project director Dr. Edwin C. Brock and his team under the auspices of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). The face of the lid, taken from the tomb in the 19th century and currently in the British Museum, was replicated and incorporated into the sarcophagus reassembly, thereby ensuring its preservation within its original context. Conservation work was made possible with the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
- Funding Agency:
- Ramesses VI (KV9) Sarcophagus Conservation project was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-0089-00 (formerly 263-0000-G-00-3089-00) and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).
- Abstract:
- On March 21, 2004, the tomb of Ramesses VI was officially reopened by the Minister of Culture, H.E. Farouk Hosni and the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass. Representatives from the American Embassy, the United States Agency for International Development, the American Research Center in Egypt, the Egyptian and foreign media and various officials of the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Antiquities were present. Copies of an illustrated brochure produced by the Egyptian Antiquities Project of the American Research Center in Egypt with text in English and Arabic were provided for all attending the ceremony. The achievements of the project were favorably received by the Egyptian authorities.