Egypt
- Rising Water: A Necessary Evil?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Can the new pumping system on the Giza Plateau help reduce damage to the Sphinx caused by leaking subterranean water? Nevine El-Aref looks at this, and what caused the high water level Within the framework of the Ministry...
- Egypt's Sphinx, Pyramids Threatened By Groundwater, Hydrologists Warn
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) One month ago, Giza's antiquities inspectorate installed a new system to pump subterranean water out from under Egypt's historical Sphinx monument and the underlying bedrock. Subterranean water levels at the Giza...
- In The Lab: Laser Scanning The Sphinx
drhawass.com Video. The Sphinx has always been an object of fascination for people for thousands of years. Today, new technology allows us to study it in more detail than ever. We recently cooperated with a team from the Mubarak Scientific City using...
- In The Lab: Inorganic Pigments And Plaster Layers From Excavations At Saqqara Area
e-conservation magazine (Hussein Hassan M.H. Mahmoud) The entire article is available at the above page. Examination of Some Inorganic Pigments and Plaster Layers from Excavations at Saqqara Area, Egypt. Optical microscopy and SEM-EDS microanalysis. ...
- The Sphinx - Dammed But Not Drowning
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following three months of comprehensive ecological and geophysical studies carried out by experts of the Archaeological Engineering Centre of Cairo and Ain Shams universities, the Sphinx and its bedrock have been pronounced...
Egypt
Dating the Sphinx by pore structure?
http://www.azom.com/Details.asp?ArticleID=3673
A comprehensive look at particle characterization and its uses. The article, entitled Particle Characterization – Modern Techniques for Determining Particle Size, Shape, Surface Area and Porosity by Micromeritics suggests that porosity might be one way of dating the Sphinx at Giza:
"Surface area and porosity as a function of particle size or surface area and porosity independent of particle size are other physical characteristics that play an important role in particle technology. The effectiveness of odor removers depends on the active surface area of the adsorbent in them. The tightness of the weave of a cloth raincoat, and therefore its porosity, is adjusted to retard water penetration but permit air and vapour passage for comfort. Adsorbent towels and tissues, on the other hand, are made to have pores that readily wick up liquids. The tips of felt-tip pens have a still different requirement: their pore structure must hold a viscous ink but release it when compressed.
The pore structure of prosthetic devices influences whether or not tissue will attach. There is even a connection between the Sphinx of Egypt’s Giza plateau and porosity. The Sphinx may be coerced into revealing its true age thanks to the porosity of the stone from which it is made. A model of the weathering process based on the porosity of the stone has been suggested that may yield a timeline back to the date of its creation."
The pore structure of prosthetic devices influences whether or not tissue will attach. There is even a connection between the Sphinx of Egypt’s Giza plateau and porosity. The Sphinx may be coerced into revealing its true age thanks to the porosity of the stone from which it is made. A model of the weathering process based on the porosity of the stone has been suggested that may yield a timeline back to the date of its creation."
- Rising Water: A Necessary Evil?
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Can the new pumping system on the Giza Plateau help reduce damage to the Sphinx caused by leaking subterranean water? Nevine El-Aref looks at this, and what caused the high water level Within the framework of the Ministry...
- Egypt's Sphinx, Pyramids Threatened By Groundwater, Hydrologists Warn
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) One month ago, Giza's antiquities inspectorate installed a new system to pump subterranean water out from under Egypt's historical Sphinx monument and the underlying bedrock. Subterranean water levels at the Giza...
- In The Lab: Laser Scanning The Sphinx
drhawass.com Video. The Sphinx has always been an object of fascination for people for thousands of years. Today, new technology allows us to study it in more detail than ever. We recently cooperated with a team from the Mubarak Scientific City using...
- In The Lab: Inorganic Pigments And Plaster Layers From Excavations At Saqqara Area
e-conservation magazine (Hussein Hassan M.H. Mahmoud) The entire article is available at the above page. Examination of Some Inorganic Pigments and Plaster Layers from Excavations at Saqqara Area, Egypt. Optical microscopy and SEM-EDS microanalysis. ...
- The Sphinx - Dammed But Not Drowning
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) Following three months of comprehensive ecological and geophysical studies carried out by experts of the Archaeological Engineering Centre of Cairo and Ain Shams universities, the Sphinx and its bedrock have been pronounced...