Tidbits of the digital Chicago method Part 4 – Implementing enhanced photographs with Procreate using iDStretch

DStretch – a well-known and widely used piece of software – is an ImageJ plugin written by Jon Harman to enhance rock art images invisible to the naked eye. To be able to use DStretch on your computer...

Developing a digital color code pattern based on traditional, hand drawn examples

When we look at ancient Egyptian monuments, color is to be found everywhere. Documenting either tombs, temples or the smallest painted graffito, we must provide a reasonable solution for recording the painted remains of the surface.

Epigraphic Program of the French-Egyptian Centre for the Study of the Temples of Karnak during the 2014 season

The extensive work of the French-Egyptian Center for the Study of the Temples of Karnak was devoted to several programs during the 2013-2014 season, including the epigraphic survey of the northern area of the Akh-menu of Tuthmosis III etc.

Four seasons of documentation in the Main Sanctuary of Amun-Re in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari

The Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology dedicated four seasons between 2011 and 2015 in Deir el-Bahari to the documentation of the wall decoration in the Main Sanctuary of Amun-Re in the Temple of Hatshepsut.

Nubia in the New Kingdom: The Egyptians at Kurgus

The joint Sudan Archaeological Research Society-British Museum project between 1998 and 2012 investigated the many records left by the Egyptian military expeditions during the New Kingdom at Kurgus.

Color the Temple - Using projected light to restore color on the temple of Dendur

In this article we would like to focus on the 2015 initiative at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts to build a virtual reconstruction of the original polychrome painted decoration of the temple of Dendur.

The Main Chapel at the Amarna Workmen’s Village and its wall paintings

In the 1980s, the Egypt Exploration Society's expedition to Amarna discovered a well-preserved private chapel at the Workmen's Village and the largest that had been built there.

The Tomb of Rekhmire (TT100) - facsimile paintings by Nina de Garis Davies

Nina and Norman de Garis Davies were two of the most influential artists/epigraphers devoted to recording Egyptian wall paintings in the first half of the Twentieth century.

Digital color texturing on the iPad Pro using Procreate

Makeshift studio on a scaffolding for documenting painted remains at Medinet Habu

Color enhanced Derwent pencil drawing technique on mylar developed for the Small Amun Temple at Medinet Habu

A method developed for faded pigment representation by the Epigraphic Survey involves Derwent pencils

Digital recording of faded color traces on certain slab stela originated from the Giza Plateau

Painted details, preserved on a reused early Ramesside block at Khonsu Temple, represented in color

Digital Texturing Over Temple Walls in the Small Amun Temple at Medinet Habu Using Procreate

Digital Watercolor Applied in Procreate to Create a Visual Reconstruction of the Original Ptolemaic Paint Pattern