Content

• Egypt survey 2012
• Research activities
• The International Symposium 2012
• Other activities
• About the cover photograph/campus map

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Semawy Menu #4 was published. This issue includes not only reports about Egypt survey 2012 but also wide range of research activities and results on cultural properties.

Content

• Geotechnical Engineering Group
  Tatsuaki NISHIGATA and Atsushi ITO, Stability Research and Restoration Work for Deteriorated Mother Rock in Burial Chamber of Idout
  
• Conservation and Restoration Group
  Ahmed S. A. SHOEIB, Adel I. M. AKARISH, Ewa ROZNERSKA and Hiroshi SUITA, The State of Conservation for the Wall Paintings of Idout Tomb: Problems and Solutions
  
  Ahmed S. A. SHOEIB, Adel I. M. AKARISH, Maisa M. MANSOUR, Hiroshi SUITA and Tetsuaki TSUCHIDO, Studies on the Monumental Stone Blocks of Behbeit el-Hagar Temple, Middle Delta, Egypt
  
  Masaaki SAWADA, Preservation Environment and Restoration of Ancient Murals
  
  Tadateru NISHIURA, Takao EBISAWA, Atsushi ITO, Haruhiro FUJITA, Masaaki SAWADA, Fernando ASTETE and Carlos CANO, Conservation of Machu-Picchu Archaeological Site [II]: Investigation and Experimental Restoration Works of “Temple of the Sun”
  
  Chen Gangquan and Yu Zongren, Analysis for Blister and Soluble Salts in the Plaster of Mural in Cave 351 of the Mogao Grottoes
  
  Adel I. M. AKARISH, Ahmed S. A. SHOEIB, A. NAGEH and D. DESSANDIER, Mechanism and Forms of Deterioration Recorded from the Granitic Monumental Objects of Alexandria Lighthouse, Alexandria, Egypt
  
• Culture and Town Group
  Eriko OKA, Archaeological Remains of Villages: Life and Spatial Structure in Saqqara Village (Vol. 4): The Existing State of Saqqara Village as an “Old Village” (Karya-type Village)
  
  Tsutomu NAKAZAWA, Historical Description and Paradigm: An Examination of the Black Athena Debate
  
  Takashi MORI, The Cultural Policy of Ptolemy I in the Ancient City of Alexandria: The Great Library of Alexandria and an Anthropomorphic God Called Serapis
  
  Mariko SUITA and Hiroshi SUITA, A Reconstruction of Offering Lists in Burial Chamber of Idout Tomb, Saqqara, Egypt
  
  Eriko OKA, Yu FUKUMOTO, Kanako NARUSE and Sayo IMAI, Life and Spatial Structure in Saqqara Village, a Settlement Adjacent to Archaeological Site (Vol. 3): Townscape and Living [English version and Arabic version]
  
  Tsutomu NAKAZAWA, Sir Arthur Evans and the Palace of Knossos: On the Image-Formation of the Ancient Society [Arabic version]
  
  Kamal GABALLA, Situation of Egyptian Government and Monuments after the Revolution, 2011
  
• Technology Development Group
  Shinji HIROIKE, Jin SAKAMOTO, Yuko KUMEDA, Kosuke TAKATORI, Ahmed S. SHOEIB, Mariko SUITA, Hiroshi SUITA and Tetsuaki TSUCHIDO, The Inhibitory Effect of n-Alkanols on the Fungal Growth on the Agar Plates and the Painted Stone Chips
  
  Kosuke TAKATORI, Tetsuaki TSUCHIDO and Yuko KUMEDA, A Fungal Biofilm of Cultural Assets
  
  Haruka YAMADA, Shigehiro ASAI, Hirotaka HISATOMI, Ahmed S. SHOEIB, Hideya KAWASAKI, Hiroshi SUITA and Ryuichi ARAKAWA, Characterization of Organic Binding Media Used in Egyptian Painting Layers by GC-MS
  
  Yoshinobu NAKAMURA, Tomoyoshi FUKUDA, Kazuhiro YAMAMURA and Syuji FUJII, Influences of Alkoxy Group Number and the Organic Functional Group of Silane Molecules on the Hardness of Polycondensed Silane Reacts with Silica Particles
  
  Kazuki KAWAHARA, Takashi NAKAZAWA, Hideya KAWASAKI, Ahmed S. SHOEIB, Adel AKARISH, Hiroshi SUITA and Ryuichi ARAKAWA, Identification by Mass Spectrometry of Animal-Glue Collagen Remaining in a Layer of Ancient Egyptian Painting
  
  Yoshihiro YASUMURO, Daichi ITO, Tatsuaki NISHIGATA and Hiroshi SUITA, Heterogeneous Strategy for Scanning Mastaba Idout
  
• Program and Poster Session of International Symposium
  “Forefront of the Restoration of the Wall Paintings in the World,” Held at Kansai University in November 11, 2012

Takashi Mori (Kansai University) has made major achievements in his research on cross-cultural understanding. His works include the translation and commentary of Petrus Camper’s Über den natürlichen Gesichtszüge in Menschen verschiedener Gegenden und verschiedenen Alters (March, 2012), his co-authoring of “Read” Beer: Between German Cultural History and Urban History (December 2012), co-translation of Michael Niedermeier’s Erotik In Der Gartenkunst: Eine Kulturgeschichte Der Liebesgärten (February, 2013), and co-authoring of Sixty-Two Chapters to Understand Modern Germany (scheduled to be published in March, 2013).

Ewa Roznerska (Conservation and Restoration Group) published a book Badanie Techniki, Technologii i Stanu Zachowania Malowideł Ściennych Wybranych Artystów Młodej Polski na Terenie Wielkopolski.

It is written about conservation of medieval wall paintings in Poland and research outcome related to the conservation technique for the wall paintings.

Content

• Egypt survey 2011
• Research activities
• Other activities
• The Sampo-Yoshi Spirit
• About the cover photograph/campus map

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Semawy Menu #3 was published. This issue includes not only reports about Egypt survey 2011 but also wide range of research activities and results on cultural properties.

Content

• Geotechnical Engineering Group
  Atsushi ITO and Tatsuaki NISHIGATA, Reinforcement Work of Ceiling Rock in Burial Chamber of Idout
  
• Conservation and Restoration Group
  Tadateru NISHIURA, Haruhiro FUJITA, Fernando ASTETE and Carlos CANO, Conservation of Machu-Picchu Archaeological Site [I]: Field Investigation on the Deterioration and Conservation of Remaining Structures
  
• Culture and Town Group
  Tsutomu NAKAZAWA, Formation of the Image of Egypt in 19th Century Britain
  
  Takashi MORI, Christian Evangelists in Ancient Egypt: Outstanding Saints of Coptic Christianity
  
  Eriko OKA, Yu FUKUMOTO, Kanako NARUSE and Sayo IMAI, Life and Spatial Structure in Saqqara Village, a Settlement Adjacent to Archaeological Site (Vol. 3): Townscape and Living
  
  Hiroshi SUITA, Pyramid Texts of Unis (3): Utterances 72-96
  
  Mariko SUITA, Image of Women in Ancient Egyptian Stories
  
• Technology Development Group
  Yoshinobu NAKAMURA, Tomoyoshi FUKUDA, Naoyuki UEDA and Syuji FUJII, Characteristic Comparison of Adhesives and Coating Agents for Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties
  
  Mitsuyoshi OKAMOTO, Jin SAKAMOTO, Yuko KUMEDA, Kosuke TAKATORI and Tetsuaki TSUCHIDO, A Possibility for the Application of n-Alkanols to Protect Mural Paintings from Fungal Contamination: Antifungal Properties in an Ager Gel Phase
  
  Kosuke TAKATORI, Tetsuaki TSUCHIDO and Yuko KUMEDA, Practical Methods for the Investigation of Indoor Fungi in Cultural Heritage Facilities」

Takashi Mori (Culture and Town Group) published a thesis at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Klassifizierung der Welt: Georg Forsters ” Reise um die Welt ” on April, 2011.

This book can be purchased via Amazon in Japan.

Content

• Egypt survey 2010
• Research activities
• The International Meeting
• The course of Kansai University
• Other activities
• Egyptian Affairs
• About the cover photograph/campus map

Semawy Menu #2 was published. This issue focuses on revised versions of presentations by ICP researchers at the International Meeting, which was held by the ICP from November 13, 2010.

Content

• Egypt survey 2008
• Egypt survey 2009
• Research activities
• The 1st International Symposium
• Other activities
• About the cover photograph/campus map

Semawy Menu #1 was published. This issue focuses on revised versions of presentations by ICP researchers at the 1st International Symposium, which was held by the ICP from November 21-22, 2009.

Hiroshi Suita (Culture and Town Group) published A Basic Dictionary of Middle Egyptian: Expanded and Revised Edition (V2-solution Books, \2,310 including tax).

This work serves as a basic grammar book for Ancient Egyptian, and is very useful for research related to Egyptian culture. It is also a useful grammatical resource for the many people who are interested in the Ancient Egyptian language.

This book can be purchased at your local book store or via Amazon in Japan.

Content

• Greetings from the Director of the ICP
• Project chronology
• Idout introduction
• Research activities
• Researcher introduction
• About the cover photograph/campus map