Archaeologists with the stela from Tiberius era.Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
Posted on 04/02/2026 9:57:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...The collaboration between the French-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak (CFEETK), the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has completed the project of reassembly and restoration of the gate of the wall of King Ramses III, located in the northern area of the Karnak complex...
As for the intervention on the gate of the wall built by Ramses III, belonging to the Twentieth Dynasty, the work has involved a complex process of dismantling, restoration, and relocation of the stone elements. The structure, whose base had been located in the 19th century, was in an advanced state of deterioration and hidden by vegetation before the start of the project...
During this process of dismantling and reconstruction, the mission identified a significant set of decorated blocks that had been reused in the construction of the gate. These materials, which display stylistic and epigraphic features characteristic of the reign of Amenhotep III, of the Eighteenth Dynasty, would originally have belonged to an older monumental entrance located at the same site...
Stratigraphic analysis reveals the existence of multiple building phases, some of which may date back to the Eighteenth Dynasty, while others correspond to the period of rule of Ramses III.
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Archaeologists with the stela from Tiberius era.Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
I finally finished reading the original, and what had seemed a little dull turned out to be a nice twofer. One of *those* topics.
A little off topic but I’ve never forgotten a documentary I saw many years ago about the mummy of Ramses being sent to France for forensic examination. He was received at the airport with the full state honors due a head of state. Don’t know why that’s stuck with me, but I thought it was appropriate and cool
This Karnak has no connection to the Karnak the Magnificent of the “Tonight Show” during the Johnny Carson years.
May the sacred ibis build a nest on your pyramid! Oh, sorry.
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