Egypt
- Preserving The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
eTurboNews (Hazel Heyer) Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the J. Paul Getty Trust announced a new partnership for the conservation and management of the tomb of Tutankhamen, a five-year collaborative effort between the SCA and the Getty...
- Armenian Egyptology Centre Newsletter No.9
AEC Newletter No.9 In PDF format (2.69MB). More on the experimental work being carried out by the AEC. Not only “Imperial varnishes”, but also “Imperial pigments”, and thus clearly “Imperial art and technology” The necessities of our research...
- Conference: The Color Of Things
The Color of Things. Debating the Role and Future of Color in Archaeology An international workshop Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference Stanford, Archaeology Center, 1st ? 3rd May 2009 According to David Batchelor?s "Chromophobia" color, though bound...
- The Eternity Of The Desert
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Following 16 years of closure to the public, the Al-Muzawaka necropolis in Dakhla Oasis will soon be back on the tourists track, reports Nevine El-Aref Restorers and archaeologists have been working on the Roman necropolis...
- Egyptian Remote Sensing Satellite Unveils Cairo Secrets
State Information Service Dr. Mohammad Argon, Director of the Egyptian Space Program said that a composite satellite photo was taken by the MisrSat-1 launched on April, 17, 2007. The photo presents the colors of the desert areas around Cairo, indicating...
Egypt
Modern lab recreating ancient pigments
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/70491.html
Ancient colors of Egyptian wall paintings are being recreated in a modern lab in Italy, where art restorers say they have learned how to preserve the artifacts. Trapani, Italy-based conservation lab ISAD gained permission from Egyptian authorities to examine bits of the wall paintings to learn more about their origins and perhaps develop an answer about why their colors were fading, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Thursday. 'Up till now people thought the frescoes were made from earth colors, which is why the results (of conservation efforts) have been so disappointing,' said ISAD's Giuseppe Claudio Infranca. They found, however, the paintings' pigments were from a variety of minerals that restorers are trying to recreate. 'For the first time ever, the colors of Egyptian wall paintings will be reproduced in the laboratory,' Infranca said, explaining that National Research Council's inorganic surface chemistry lab in Padua will actually reconstruct the colors. Restorers eventually will go to Egypt to begin applying the pigments to the walls of tombs of leaders such as Tutankhamen, Ramses and Nefertiti."
This is the complete item on the Earth Times website.
Ancient colors of Egyptian wall paintings are being recreated in a modern lab in Italy, where art restorers say they have learned how to preserve the artifacts. Trapani, Italy-based conservation lab ISAD gained permission from Egyptian authorities to examine bits of the wall paintings to learn more about their origins and perhaps develop an answer about why their colors were fading, the Italian news agency ANSA reported Thursday. 'Up till now people thought the frescoes were made from earth colors, which is why the results (of conservation efforts) have been so disappointing,' said ISAD's Giuseppe Claudio Infranca. They found, however, the paintings' pigments were from a variety of minerals that restorers are trying to recreate. 'For the first time ever, the colors of Egyptian wall paintings will be reproduced in the laboratory,' Infranca said, explaining that National Research Council's inorganic surface chemistry lab in Padua will actually reconstruct the colors. Restorers eventually will go to Egypt to begin applying the pigments to the walls of tombs of leaders such as Tutankhamen, Ramses and Nefertiti."
This is the complete item on the Earth Times website.
- Preserving The Tomb Of Tutankhamun
eTurboNews (Hazel Heyer) Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the J. Paul Getty Trust announced a new partnership for the conservation and management of the tomb of Tutankhamen, a five-year collaborative effort between the SCA and the Getty...
- Armenian Egyptology Centre Newsletter No.9
AEC Newletter No.9 In PDF format (2.69MB). More on the experimental work being carried out by the AEC. Not only “Imperial varnishes”, but also “Imperial pigments”, and thus clearly “Imperial art and technology” The necessities of our research...
- Conference: The Color Of Things
The Color of Things. Debating the Role and Future of Color in Archaeology An international workshop Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference Stanford, Archaeology Center, 1st ? 3rd May 2009 According to David Batchelor?s "Chromophobia" color, though bound...
- The Eternity Of The Desert
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine el-Aref) Following 16 years of closure to the public, the Al-Muzawaka necropolis in Dakhla Oasis will soon be back on the tourists track, reports Nevine El-Aref Restorers and archaeologists have been working on the Roman necropolis...
- Egyptian Remote Sensing Satellite Unveils Cairo Secrets
State Information Service Dr. Mohammad Argon, Director of the Egyptian Space Program said that a composite satellite photo was taken by the MisrSat-1 launched on April, 17, 2007. The photo presents the colors of the desert areas around Cairo, indicating...