We haven't talked for ages - nice to hear from you. I've just been editing dating an unusual spate of spam from the blog and nearly deleted your comment by accident! Very glad I didn't.
I did exactly the same thing in a tomb at Saqqara - some insect shot past my face and I jumped. I only slightly touched the tomb wall, but there was dust from the painted surface on my arm, which could easily have been a lot worse.
The whole Valley of the Kings dilemma is such a nightmare - unique treasures that thousands of people come to visit, and inadvertently damage in the process - even by breathing. I don't know whether the tomb of Nefertari In the Valley of the Queens is open or closed at the moment, but even with all their efforts in controlling both the atmosphere and the visitor numbers, I believe that there have been concerns over renewed tourist impact on the condition of the paintings.
There was a lot of talk at one stage about creating a replica of Seti I's tomb at Giza, and I know that a replica of Lascaux in France was created - a high cost approach, but it would be interesting to know how successful such solutions are. Once built, after all, they would be relatively easy to maintain.
Mind, I actually haven't heard anything about the Seti I tomb in a long time!
This blog was set up in 2004 to aggregate news about Egyptology and related topics from online sources on a regular basis. It was closed finally in September 2013 due to other commitments. It has been left open as an archive, but comments have been disabled.
Kindest regards to all Andie andie {at} oddthing.co.uk
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Hello there
We haven't talked for ages - nice to hear from you. I've just been editing dating an unusual spate of spam from the blog and nearly deleted your comment by accident! Very glad I didn't.
I did exactly the same thing in a tomb at Saqqara - some insect shot past my face and I jumped. I only slightly touched the tomb wall, but there was dust from the painted surface on my arm, which could easily have been a lot worse.
The whole Valley of the Kings dilemma is such a nightmare - unique treasures that thousands of people come to visit, and inadvertently damage in the process - even by breathing. I don't know whether the tomb of Nefertari In the Valley of the Queens is open or closed at the moment, but even with all their efforts in controlling both the atmosphere and the visitor numbers, I believe that there have been concerns over renewed tourist impact on the condition of the paintings.
There was a lot of talk at one stage about creating a replica of Seti I's tomb at Giza, and I know that a replica of Lascaux in France was created - a high cost approach, but it would be interesting to know how successful such solutions are. Once built, after all, they would be relatively easy to maintain.
Mind, I actually haven't heard anything about the Seti I tomb in a long time!
All the best
Andie
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