Dr. Sakoji Yoshimura, President of the International Higashi University of Japan and head of the mission of the Khufu II extraction project, said that the extraction work for the boat is continuing on a regular basis, and it is expected that the work team will finish lifting the wood pieces from the hole in the middle of next year 2020, and the completion of the stage First restoration and documentation of all parts.
Dr. Sakoji Yoshimura said, in exclusive statements to "The Seventh Day", that the number of wood pieces in the second Khufu complex is about 1260 pieces, 1160 pieces were extracted by the team, 1030 artifacts were restored, and 942 pieces were transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum so far, where it will begin The team work to develop a special study to assemble the boat inside the Grand Egyptian Museum.
Dr. Issa Zaidan, Director of Restoration, at the second Khufu boat project, added that once the artifacts that last almost daily are extracted, they are documented with 3D imaging technology, after completing the first restoration work for them and this technique reflects one of the best methods used in documentation work, where it is given Details are very accurate and clear, and through this the piece can be seen from all directions. It is planned to photograph all the pieces as a prelude to assembling the parts of the compound on computers before they need to be assembled on the reality and nature, and thus the errors are faded when assembling.
And Dr. Issa Zaidan pointed out that after the first restoration and documentation, it will be transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum, which will be displayed in a special hall for the first and second vessels, pointing out that approximately two large pieces of the special parts of the bottom of the boat are extracted daily, in order to complete the extraction work of artifacts as soon as possible.
Wed, Jan. 15, 2020
