Temple of Hatshepsut and activity of the polish mission at Deir el-Bahari

Abstract

T h e conservation project and Egyptological studies of the Upper Terrace of the Hatshepsut Temple are the work of the Polish-Egyptian Mission at Deir elBahari1 (Fig. 1-3), which is one of some 20 expeditions operated by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University in five countries of Africa and the Near East. The Mission's priorities in 2003-2004 included restoration and conservation work in the Northern Chapel of Amun-Re, the Solar Complex and the facade of the Upper Portico, as well as documentation and archaeological work in the Royal Mortuary Cult Complex.