
2012 team members on the west bank at Luxor walking toward Qurna and the Theban hills, location of many important decorated rock-cut tombs of the New Kingdom. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

IFA PhD student of Egyptian art and archaeology Tara Prakash at the mortuary temple of king Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, west bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

Archaeologists Dr. Donna Glowacki and Kay Barnett at the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, west bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

Tara Prakash overlooking the Valley of the Kings, Egypt’s royal cemetery in Dynasties 18 – 20 (ca. 1550 – 1000 BCE). Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

IFA PhD student of Egyptian art and archaeology Patrick Salland at the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, east bank, Luxor. Photo courtesy Diane Nelson.

At the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, east bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

IFA student of Chinese art Diane Nelson, who is managing the photo database for 2012, at the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, west bank, Luxor. Photo courtesy Jerrie Clarke.

The dramatic embayment of Deir el-Bahri, location of the mortuary temple of queen Hatshepsut, west bank, Luxor. Photo by Gus Gusciora for the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

