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.

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.

Digital Epigraphy in the Tomb of Djehuty (TT 11) at Dra Abu el-Naga (Part 1)

A Spanish archaeological mission coordinated by the Spanish National Research Council has been working at the hill of Dra Abu el-Naga North since January 2002. The mission, also known as the ‘Djehuty Project’, has recently turned its attention towards its epigraphic process's digital overhaul.

Digital Epigraphy in the Tomb of Djehuty (TT 11) at Dra Abu el-Naga (Part 2)

The digital epigraphic record in Djehuty’s chapel comprises five phases: photographic documentation, in situ preliminary drawing, initial inking, collation, and final inking. This procedure ensures that the record is faithful and, in addition, that it reflects the artistic spirit that was embedded in the original work.

The Tombs of Userhat and Khonsuemheb

A Japanese expedition from the Institute of Egyptology at Waseda University, Tokyo has been working in the el-Khokha area in the Theban Necropolis since 2007 under the direction of Prof. Jiro Kondo. The team has rediscovered the tomb of Userhat (TT 47), Overseer of the King’s Private Apartment under Amenhotep III

The Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69) The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting in an Egyptian Tomb

The conservation and documentation of the tomb chapel of Menna (TT 69) at Luxor was implemented between 2007 and 2009, under the direction of Melinda Hartwig of Georgia State University.

Das Grab des Paenkhemenu (TT 68) und die Anlage TT 227

Das Grab des Paenkhemenu (TT 68) und die Anlage TT 227 by Karl-Joachim Seyfried is part of a series of publications devoted to the Theban tombs of Ramesside officials produced by the Egyptological Institute of the Heidelberg University.

Scanning Seti - The regeneration of a pharaonic tomb by Factum Arte and the Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Conservation

A recent exhibition in the Antikenmuseum Basel recreates two of the most beautiful rooms, the Hall of Beauties and the adjacent Pillared Room in Seti I’s magnificent tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

Eva Hofmann – Der Vorhof der Privatgräber – nur ein sakraler Ort? Die Anlagen von TT 157 des Nebwenenef und TT 183 des Nebsumenu

In recent years, the Heidelberg University’s Ramesside Tomb Project has been studying the motifs behind the decoration of the forecourts of two Ramesside tombs, TT 157 and TT 183.

The Tomb of Pharaoh’s Chancellor Senneferi at Thebes (TT 99) Volume I - The New Kingdom

The conservation and documentation of the tomb of Senneferi (TT 99) at Luxor was carried out between 1992 and 2002 by the Cambridge Theban Tomb Project, under the leadership of Nigel Strudwick.

Tomb of Amenmose (TT89) – Modern epigraphy in the footsteps of Nina and Norman de Garis Davies

In 1995, the Royal Ontario Museum initiated its Theban Tomb Project with Lyla Pinch-Brock and ROM Assistant Curator Roberta Shaw as co-directors recreating the facsimile technique used by Nina de Garis Davis.

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.

Laser cleaning of Ancient Egyptian Wall Paintings in the Tomb of Neferhotep TT49

We’d like to showcase a project that used laser technology to remove dirt and soot from the fragile wall paintings of an ancient Egyptian tomb – a technology that may become a tremendous aid in the future of epigraphy.

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

Color coded drawing of a TT 179 fragment from the "Abydos pilgrimage” collection

Inking TT65 facsimiles in 1:1 using Rapidograph pens

Drawing detail with the Amun bark's egis from the facsimile documentation carried out in Theban Tomb 65

Painted fragment of a toe boat from the collapsed "Abydos pilgrimage" scene in TT 179

Reconstructing the collapsed antechamber of TT 179 from the smallest wall fragments

Color coded greyscale drawing detail from TT 179 showing part of a large pile of offerings

Drawing detail of the sandstone doorway from TT 312, the 26th dynasty Theban tomb of Vizier Nespakashuty

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

Documenting the painted decorative surfaces on the ceiling in TT 65, the late-Ramesside private tomb of Imiseba

Fragments from the collapsed sandstone gate of vizier Nespakashuty's Saite private tomb, waiting to be assembled

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

Nebamun's pet dog appearing underneath his chair in TT 179, color-coded greyscale representation

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

Painted hieroglyph representing a newborn bubalis (iw) from El-Khokha, Thebes

Facsimile Penciling on Mylar in Theban Tomb 179

West Wall of the Chapel with the Seated Statues of Tomb Owner Djehuty and his Progenitors, Theban Tomb 11

Carmen Ruiz Sánchez de León Creating In Situ Pencil Drawings Using Procreate on the iPad Pro

On the Occasion of digitalEPIGRAPHY's Hundredth Instagram Post

The Outer Coffin of Amun's Priest Nespaperennub, as Digitized by the "Book of the Dead in 3D" Project at UC Berkeley

The Tomb of Menna (TT 69) – Virtual tours of an exquisitely painted New Kingdom private tomb at Sheikh Abd Al-Qurna

The 18th Dynasty tomb of Menna is one of the most beautiful painted tombs in the Theban necropolis of the Nobles in Luxor. The tomb has been cut into the upper ridges of Sheikh Abd Al-Qurna and includes a forecourt and a tomb chapel in the form of an inverted ‘T’.../Users/euergetes/Desktop/Screen Shot 2020-07-21 at 10.27.54 AM.png

Walking through the tomb of Nefertari today and in the past

The tomb of Queen Nefertari, the wife of Ramses II, is among the most beautiful monuments one can visit on the west bank of Luxor, Egypt. The tomb (QV66) is located in the main wadi of the Valley of the Queens...

The Book of the Dead in 3D. Digital Analysis, Visualization and Dissemination of the Funerary Culture of Ancient Egypt

Since 2015, the Book of the Dead in 3D project has produced eighteen 3D models of previously unpublished ancient Egyptian coffins, which are kept in the storage rooms of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at UC Berkeley and in other Egyptological collections in California and in the US. These 3D models are currently available on the project’s website and on its Sketchfab page.