The "Imiseba method" - Documenting the late Twentieth Dynasty wall paintings in Theban Tomb 65

To appreciate some of the attributes digitalEPIGRAPHY represents at its core, we would like to introduce a one of a kind epigraphic project focusing on the facsimile representation of the wall paintings in TT 65.

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.

The First Pylon of the Mut Temple, South Karnak - Architecture, Decoration, Inscriptions

In 2014, the Mut Precinct in South Karnak reopened its gates to the public after being closed for almost 40 years. The reopening was the result of the work of the Brooklyn Museum’s expedition to the Mut Precinct...

Painted detail from the ceiling of Theban Tomb 65 representing a flock of ducks with their nests

Copying a large Thutmoside block reused in the Khonsu Temple doorway at Karnak

Tracing Nebamun's "sculpted" painted wig onto transparent paper in the Eighteenth dynasty Theban Tomb 179

Tracing painted hieroglyphs on one of the architraves in TT 65 using transparent paper sheets and graphite pencil

Creating a facsimile pencil drawing on tracing paper in TT 179, using separate sheets for multiple layers of information

Inking a 15 meter long life-size facsimile drawing from TT 65, the Theban tomb of Imiseba

Facsimile Penciling on Mylar in Theban Tomb 179

Tracing Upside Down Relief Fragments Originated From the Earlier Khonsu Temple in the Karnak Precinct Using Clear Acetate