Appearance is not diagnosis.
Light, glass, focus and processing intervene before a line or color reaches the screen.
Read the surface →Independent condition-reading guide
Map what survives. Do not diagnose.
Read breaks, joins, fills, surfaces, reconstructions and apparent change in Egyptian museum objects while keeping every professional claim attached to a responsible source.
Open the repair maps →
A visitor photograph can locate a feature. It cannot establish cause, date, material or stability on its own.
A break is an edge with a history
Describe fracture, finished boundary and later loss separately before proposing when an edge formed.
Open repair map →02JOINS / OBSERVATIONA join must remain visible
Separate securely joined fragments, fills, support and visual alignment instead of smoothing them into one surface.
Open repair map →03FILLS / OBSERVATIONModern completion needs its own layer
Keep restored volume distinct from surviving material while respecting the purpose of the current installation.
Open repair map →04SURFACE / OBSERVATIONA photograph cannot diagnose condition
Use surface images to locate observations, not to identify material change, treatment or instability.
Open repair map →05RECONSTRUCTION / OBSERVATIONA reconstructed outline is an argument
Keep surviving fragments, proposed position, support and missing volume distinguishable and reversible.
Open repair map →06CHANGE / OBSERVATIONChange needs two controlled records
Build comparisons that expose differences in date, camera, light, crop and installation before claiming object change.
Open repair map →
The outline remains reversible.
Keep surviving material, missing volume, support and proposed orientation in separate layers.
Read reconstruction →Three repair walks.
Use dedicated methods for Cairo’s historic displays, NMEC’s clean reconstructed silhouettes and Luxor’s controlled sculptural light.
Start the field walks →