You can assume, however, that all necessary information is given to you for a general SOS response. Some of you were curious if heavy machinery and technical equipment like lasers might be used. Our contract with the Antiquities Organization specifies, among other things, that we may not use heavy machinery in our excavation. Heavy equipment may only be used after special permission has been granted by the Antiquities Organization. This permission is sought prior to the excavation season.
Permission is also necessary to use specialized technical equipment as well.
If a mission hopes to bring technical equipment from outside of Egypt for their work, special arrangements must be made through the Antiquities Organization to bring the equipment into the country. Every class was on track again thinking about good solutions to this week's problem. Here are the procedures that we have in place. See how close they line-up with your own solutions. When we encounter painted plaster on a wall, we try to keep a layer of dirt packed against the plaster, if at all possible.