Marina el-Alamein : the conservation season in 2002

The season of the Polish-Egyptian Preservation Mission at Marina el-Alamein lasted from April 8 to May 30, 2002.1) In the town area the focus this season (Fig. 1) was on houses H 10, H 19 and H 21c with only some necessary maintenance conservation carried out in previously completed structures. Debris and earth from the earlier excavations in the neighborhood were removed from further areas of H 10“E” and H 19. As for H 21c, the great hall H 21“N” (10.45 by 7.50 m) was cleared in preparation for preservation work. In the necropolis preparations were made for a partial reconstruction of the entrance portico to tomb T 6 and for completing the interrupted preservation of parts of hypogeum T 1GH. Finally, assistance was given to the local Egyptian site authorities in completing the preservation of parts of another, recently uncovered hypogeum, T 18.2) Specialized conservation work, which took advantage of improved on-site conditions, concerned elements of stone indoor architectural decoration and some surviving mural paintings, as well as a variety of small finds.