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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
completedinnewmasonry(Fig.11).
Duringaccompanyingarchaeologicalex-
plorationprecedingtherestorationwork,it
wasascertainedthatthenorthernwallof
theauditoriumendedwithapilaster-like
projection(ca.0.70m),flankingthe
entrancetothenorthernpassageofthebath
complex.Thelowerpartofthepilasterwas
dulyrestoredtoitsoriginalshape.
BATHCOMPLEX
Thesouthernpassageofthebathswill
eventuallyformoneoftheaxesofthe
ArchaeologicalParkexhibitiontobe
createdatthesite.Therestorationworkin
thisareafocusedonthepreservationofthe
undergroundvaultedstructureusedasthe
bathservicearea.Thedismantledvaultsof
theentrancetooneofthefurnacesinthe
destrictariumwereentirelyrestoredinnew
stone.Inanotherchamber,mostprobably
usedasthesoutheasternentrancetothe
undergroundstructure,avaultpartlyre-
storedlastseasonwasnowcompleted.
Conservationmeasureswerealsounder-
takenintwoadditionalvaultsinthesame
areainordertostabilizetheircondition.
Seriouslyweatheredblockswerereplaced,
newspringingwassetinpositionand
extantarchesexpandedbyaddingmore
voussoirs.
This
procedure
not
only
protectedthestructuralintegrityofthe
vaults,butalsomadetheirdisplayvisually
moreattractive.
Fig.11.AreaAW
.Northernauditorium(no.2),viewafterrestoration
(PhotoG.Majcherek)
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