At every stage of the work, photographs are taken to record decorated walls as they are exposed. The same is done for objects lying in the debris before they are removed. A complete photographic record of the tomb is essential to help us solve the archaeological puzzles that KV 5 poses. Working conditions in KV 5 are difficult. It is hot, humid, and dusty.
Spaces are cramped, and proper lighting is difficult to achieve.
It may take three or four hours to set up the lamps and reflectors for a single photograph. Cleaning alabaster fragments outside KV 5. Not only must every wall relief and object be recorded, they must be protected from further damage. The TMP conservator has one of the most difficult jobs on the project. KV 5 has suffered over the last three thousand years from ancient theft and vandalism, and most of all from flooding.