All of these offices are enthusiastic in their support for the project, and I hope that we will have some solid findings to report soon. We began the field survey of the temple area a few weeks ago. Thanks to the generosity of Rapid Imaging Software of Albuquerque, New Mexico, our staff has also begun assembling satellite and aerial photography of the area. The existing sign in front of KV2. With a grant from the American Express Foundation through the World Monuments Fund, we also have spent an exciting year designing new signage for the Valley of the Kings.
New signs are long overdue, as an example of one of the old signs and our replacement for it shows.
Our individual tomb signs, printed on aluminum panels, will be installed outside the entrances of the 19 Valley of the Kings tombs that are now open or due to be opened to the public. In addition, ten map and information signs will be installed in rest areas and at pathway junctions in the valley. At the suggestion of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, the signs are meant to be visual, with minimal text, and that text is in English. This pamphlet, which we are printing in a first edition of 100,000 copies, will be available free of charge to the guides, teachers, and students at the entrance to the Valley of the Kings and at its central rest area. TMP's replacement sign for KV2.