Northern America

Projects in Northern America

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Environmental Conditions & Long Term Preservation of the Collection at the Egyptian Museum: Advanced Training in Preventative

The Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (NYU-IFA-CC) offers a highly focused training program in preventive conservation with special emphas…

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Gedenkschrift for Cathleen A. Keller (Publication Subsidy)

The publication of Weseretkau “Mighty of Kas”: Papers Submitted in Memory of Cathleen A. Keller, following the premature death of this dedicated professor and Egyptologist. T…

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Publication Subsidy for the Archaeological Research in the Valley of the Kings & Ancient Thebes: Papers Presented in Honor of Richard H. Wilkinson

Through an archaeological career that has spanned nearly 40 years, Richard H. Wilkinson has contributed 10important books (with many translations), dozens of articles, and ser…

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Publication Subsidy for 'The Archaeology of Urbanism in Ancient Egypt' Project

This book brings together the latest archaeological data and presents an entirely new in-depth study setting the parameters for Egypt as an early urban society, an aspect that…

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Conservation of the Book of the Dead of Herw

The Brooklyn Museum took on the conservation of the Book of the Dead of Herw (Brooklyn 37.1484E). During the grant period, they digitally documented, conducted testing and ana…

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Animal Mummies Conservation at the San Antonio Museum of Art

This project involved a conservation assessment and treatment of ten ancient Egyptian animal mummies from the Museum’s permanent collection, including two ibises, three falcon…

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The Analysis of Glass Production Debris from Petrie's Excavation

Sir Flinders Petrie’s excavations at the site of Tell el-Amarna, Egypt (1891-92) uncovered a large amount of glass debris and production waste which demonstrated the existence…

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Conservation of Kaipure Tomb Chapel and Palace of Merenptah

This project was to undergo conservation of two masterpieces of pharaonic architecture at the Penn Museum, the throne room from the palace of Merenptah at Memphis and the lime…

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Conservation Survey of Papyrus Collection

An important subset of the Egyptian collection is the Museum’s papyrus collection consisting of material relating to writing and literacy in ancient Egypt and Nubia. A general…

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