Egypt
Abstracts can be read free of charge on the Archaeometry website, but to view the entire article you either need to subscribe to the journal or pay $29.00 (USD) for a 30 day online access to the article.
- Egyptian Blue Found In Romanesque Altarpiece In Barcelona, Spain
Alpha Galileo A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) has discovered remains of Egyptian blue in a Romanesque altarpiece in the church of Sant Pere de Terrassa (Barcelona). This blue pigment was used from the days of ancient Egypt...
- Journal: Archaeometry Vol 51/3
Wiley InterScience The latest issue of the journal Archaeometry has an article which may be of interest: A MULTI-ANALYTICAL APPROACH FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF COMMODITIES IN A CERAMIC JAR FROM ANTINOE (EGYPT)* (p 480-494) E. RIBECHINI, M. P. COLOMBINI,...
- Geoarchaeology August 2007
Geoarchaeology Volume 22, Issue 6 (August 2007) The excellent Geoarchaeology journal is featuring an Egypt-related article this month: Holocene climatic change and human settlement between the central Sahara and the Nile Valley: Archaeological and geomorphological...
- Geoarchaeology August 2007
Geoarchaeology The journal Geoarchaeology has a number of fascinating papers focusing on the Mediterranean and Near East (part 2) in its August 2007 issue (Volume 22, Issue 6). Have a look at the above page for more information, with titles and abstracts,...
- Rock Arts Topographical Survey (rats)
http://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/ For anyone wondering what happened to the promised second volume of Desert RATS, here is a statement I found yesterday on the Bloomsbury Summer School website:"As a consequence of the insolvency of the original...
Egypt
Archaeometry August 2007
Archaeometry Issue 49(3)
Thanks to Hugh Jarvis on the Lithics-L list ([email protected]) for drawing attention to the new edition of Archaeometry [49(3), August 2007]. As well as a fascinating list of titles on other subjects, there is a paper that concerns Egyptology.
The origin, destruction and restoration of colour in Egyptian travertine. By J.A. Harrell, M.A.T.M., Brekmans, and D.I. Godrey-Smith. Page 421
Abstract:
Travertine was one of ancient Egypt's most popular ornamental stones. Upon prolonged exposure to sunlight, the rock's translucent brownish calcite is bleached to nearly white. Ultraviolet and gamma irradiation experiments were undertaken to investigate the source of the brownish colour and the process by which it fades. It was found that the coloration results from the activation of colour centres by natural radioactivity within the rock, and that these colour centres are deactivated by the ultraviolet component of sunlight. The results also demonstrate that the original brownish colour of sun-bleached, travertine objects can be restored by artificial gamma irradiation.
Abstracts can be read free of charge on the Archaeometry website, but to view the entire article you either need to subscribe to the journal or pay $29.00 (USD) for a 30 day online access to the article.
- Egyptian Blue Found In Romanesque Altarpiece In Barcelona, Spain
Alpha Galileo A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) has discovered remains of Egyptian blue in a Romanesque altarpiece in the church of Sant Pere de Terrassa (Barcelona). This blue pigment was used from the days of ancient Egypt...
- Journal: Archaeometry Vol 51/3
Wiley InterScience The latest issue of the journal Archaeometry has an article which may be of interest: A MULTI-ANALYTICAL APPROACH FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF COMMODITIES IN A CERAMIC JAR FROM ANTINOE (EGYPT)* (p 480-494) E. RIBECHINI, M. P. COLOMBINI,...
- Geoarchaeology August 2007
Geoarchaeology Volume 22, Issue 6 (August 2007) The excellent Geoarchaeology journal is featuring an Egypt-related article this month: Holocene climatic change and human settlement between the central Sahara and the Nile Valley: Archaeological and geomorphological...
- Geoarchaeology August 2007
Geoarchaeology The journal Geoarchaeology has a number of fascinating papers focusing on the Mediterranean and Near East (part 2) in its August 2007 issue (Volume 22, Issue 6). Have a look at the above page for more information, with titles and abstracts,...
- Rock Arts Topographical Survey (rats)
http://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/ For anyone wondering what happened to the promised second volume of Desert RATS, here is a statement I found yesterday on the Bloomsbury Summer School website:"As a consequence of the insolvency of the original...