La mission permanente de Karnak

Abstract

Le Centre franco-égyptien d'étude des temples de Karnak célébrera en 2002 ses trentecinq ans d'existence. Il constitue une structure de recherche et de coopération privilégiée, dans un pays où la France joue un rôle culturel et scientifique particulier, lié aussi bien à l'histoire qu'aux spécificités des études orientales. L'expédition de Bonaparte en Égypte combina, en effet, objectifs politiques et scientifiques, créant, sur ce second plan, un mouvement durable, qui donnera naissance, La mission permanente de Karnak La revue pour l'histoire du CNRS, 5 | 2001

A Reconstruction Of Senwosreti’S Portico And Some Structures Of Amenhotep I At Karnak

“…12.3), 20 -the opposite faces of the two axial pillars of the bark chapel's vestibule, (fig. 13.6), 21 -the opposite faces of the four axial pillars of the Akh-menu, 22 -the outer doorframe of the north door of Tuthmosis IV's calcite chapel, 23 -the west doorframe of the inner door of the Chapelle Rouge, 24 -the west doorframe of the east door of the southern WADyt-hall, (fig. 12.1) -the doorframe, turned towards the axis, of the two doors opened in the walls linking the socalled "granite arch" to the 6 th Pylon.…”

“…It is still impossible to determine if the original building site of Senwosret I's portico was close to the findspot of Osirian pillar n°11, which was found below the 5 th Pylon's south courtyard with sandstone drums and architraves of the same king (figs. [20][21][22][23]. Their reuse by Tuthmosis I indicates that Senwosret I's temple no longer existed during his reign.…”

“…69 Five other fragments of similar architraves as well as 14 fragments of polygonal sandstone column drums with 16 faces 70 (Ø: 1.5 cubit) were reused in pairs, below the 5 th Pylon's courtyard, as the foundation of Tuthmosis I's colonnade which is still partially standing (figs. [20][21][22][23]. 71 All of these sandstone elements belonged to a colonnade that existed before the 5 th Pylon's construction.…”