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digitalEPIGRAPHY was created in 2018 and it is operated by Krisztián Vértes in association with The Epigraphic Survey and The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Our site is envisioned as an educational hub for Egyptologists, artists, illustrators, designers and anybody who is interested in knowing more about digital documentation techniques applied on ancient Egyptian monuments. Our goal is to provide digital documentation solutions for our colleagues working in the field or at home, and to present up-to-date information about the latest methods, trends and tools utilized in digital epigraphy.

Since 2012, the Epigraphic Survey has been home to numerous comprehensive digital documentation efforts with outstanding results. Our website was partially brought to life to present these results. However, one of our main mission is to get the discussion going in this highly important segment of Egyptology, therefore we'd like to encourage our readers to exchange their views of digital documentation or documentation in general through the channels we provide here. digitalEPIGRAPHY was designed by Krisztián Vértes and created by the immense help of Groteszk Kreatív Társulat and Júlia Schmied.

The material we present on this website is the property of The Epigraphic Survey and The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, unless it is indicated otherwise. All photographs appearing on this website are the property of Krisztián Vértes unless it is indicated otherwise. All articles appearing on this website are written by Krisztián Vértes unless it is indicated otherwise. digitalEPIGRAPHY is a work in progress and it is an effort created by a small team of enthusiastic people who are feeling deeply responsible for shaping the future of documenting ancient Egyptian monuments.

You can reach us personally at Chicago House between October 15th - April 15th (The Epigraphic Survey, Corniche el Nil, Luxor, Egypt), through our site by commenting on any article, or in e-mail at:  info@digital-epigraphy.com.

Publications

Digital Epigraphy (Second Edition)

The chapter by chapter web version of the book, Digital Epigraphy, written by Krisztián Vértes in 2014, explaining the basic procedures of the Survey’s ever-changing digital documentation method,...

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The Mastabas of Qar and Idu G 7101 and 7102 - Digitally Revised and Enhanced Edition

The chapter by chapter web version of the book, The Mastabas of Qar and Idu, written by William Kelly Simpson in 1976, with contributions or drawings by Dows Dunham, Suzanne Chapman, Hansmartin...

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Epigraphy Snippets

The Epigraphic Work of Howard Carter
 The Outer Coffin of Amun's Priest Nespaperennub, as Digitized by the "Book of the Dead in 3D" Project at UC Berkeley
Color coded greyscale drawing detail from TT 179 showing part of a large pile of offerings
Digitally Inking the Mastaba Architrave of Old Kingdom Scribe, Idu
Photoshop Shortcut Solutions with a Twist - Two Recently Released Accessories from Huion and Xencelabs
The Palace Area at Medinet Habu in the 1920's During Ransom Wiliams' Chicago House Occupation
Digital Watercolor Applied in Procreate to Create a Visual Reconstruction of the Original Ptolemaic Paint Pattern
Anonymous Outer Coffin from the Cache of Bab el-Gasus in the Visual Interpretation of Rogério Souza
Documentation Work and Digital Collation in Progress in the Tomb of Djehutihotep, as carried out by Marleen De Meyer and Toon Sykora

3d modell collection

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

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The Eighteenth Dynasty Temple of Amada at Lake Nasser

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A virtual tour of the recently discovered Old Kingdom tomb of Wahty in the Saqqara necropolis

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Walking through the tomb of Nefertari today and in the past

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Tomb of the Two Brothers – A 3D tour of the tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep

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Visual Documentation Database

Saqqara,

Saqqara, Tomb of Ptahemwia, Wall scene sketches

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Saqqara,

Saqqara, Tomb of Ptahemwia, Wooden coffin fragment

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Saqqara,

Saqqara, Tomb of Horemheb, Faience ushabti

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Karnak,

Karnak, The Edifice of Taharqa, Wall relief

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Saqqara,

Saqqara, Tomb of Maia, Wall relief

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Painted Hieroglyphs Gallery

Doorframe of Neferrenpet and Neferhotep

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Doorframe of Neferrenpet and Neferhotep

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Doorframe of Neferrenpet and Neferhotep

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Doorframe of Neferrenpet and Neferhotep

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Doorframe of Neferrenpet and Neferhotep

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Doorframe of Neferrenpet and Neferhotep

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Doorframe of Neferrenpet and Neferhotep

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Tomb of Userhat (TT 56)

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Tomb of Userhat (TT 56)

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Tomb of Userhat (TT 56)

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The Epigraphic Survey, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, based at Chicago House in Luxor, Egypt, is directed by Dr. W. Raymond Johnson, Research Associate Professor of the University of Chicago and the Oriental Institute. The mission of the Survey since 1924, in partnership with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, includes the facsimile documentation of reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions on ancient Egyptian monuments through photography and precise recording techniques (line drawings, digital imaging, etc.), as well as appropriate conservation and restoration work, in an effort to preserve the cultural heritage of Pharaonic civilization.

The Oriental Institute was founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted and was originally envisaged as a research laboratory for the investigation of the early human career that would trace humankind’s progress from the most ancient days of the Middle East. The goal of the Oriental Institute (now ISAC) is to be the world’s leading center for the study of ancient Near Eastern civilizations by combining innovation in theory, methodology, and significant empirical discovery with the highest standards of scholarship.


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