Egypt
British Museum (Elizabeth Pamberg)
With before-and-after photos. Here's an exerpt but see the above page for the full story.
- Salt Damage On The Wall Reliefs Of Dendera Temple, Egypt
Conservation Magazine With detailed photos. By Hesham Abbas Kamally The present study aims to identify and to characterize the main deterioration mechanisms that affect the wall reliefs of Dendera temple, Upper Egypt. The temple is famous...
- More From Amara West Excavations
If you are not already signed up to the Amara West blog I do sincerely recommend it - they still have a couple of weeks of the season left and update the blog regularly. Here are a sample of recent posts, all with lovely photographs. British Museum -nice...
- Hieroglyph-inscribed Lintel Discovered At Amara West
Amara West, British Museum blog (Mary Shepperson) With photos. House E13.6 at Amara West is a linear domestic house in the centre of the town. In its late phase, the house was entered from a narrow lane through two small rooms, leading to a large central...
- Work Continues At Amara West, Sudan
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- New Issue Of Bmsaes
The British Museum British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan Issue 16: January 2011 See the above page for links to the articles, available free of charge as PDFs. The annual Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation Distinguished Lecture in Egyptology...
Egypt
Post-excavation conservation work at Amara West
British Museum (Elizabeth Pamberg)
With before-and-after photos. Here's an exerpt but see the above page for the full story.
I visited the stores where we keep the objects excavated from the site, to check they were in good condition. Objects from a site like this one often contain salts that could damage them, so I wasn’t surprised to observe that several objects had salt crystals on them, particularly the pottery and some stone sculpture.
The artefacts retrieved at Amara West are subject to environmental conditions which include high humidity and salinity, the result of the site’s proximity to the Nile. Ceramic and stone buried in soil absorb the salts present in the deposits.
Following my advice, and discussions with Marie Millet and Neal Spencer, two beer jars from grave 201 were chosen for treatment, as they were affected by salt, with a thick visible layer of white concretions.
- Salt Damage On The Wall Reliefs Of Dendera Temple, Egypt
Conservation Magazine With detailed photos. By Hesham Abbas Kamally The present study aims to identify and to characterize the main deterioration mechanisms that affect the wall reliefs of Dendera temple, Upper Egypt. The temple is famous...
- More From Amara West Excavations
If you are not already signed up to the Amara West blog I do sincerely recommend it - they still have a couple of weeks of the season left and update the blog regularly. Here are a sample of recent posts, all with lovely photographs. British Museum -nice...
- Hieroglyph-inscribed Lintel Discovered At Amara West
Amara West, British Museum blog (Mary Shepperson) With photos. House E13.6 at Amara West is a linear domestic house in the centre of the town. In its late phase, the house was entered from a narrow lane through two small rooms, leading to a large central...
- Work Continues At Amara West, Sudan
...
- New Issue Of Bmsaes
The British Museum British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan Issue 16: January 2011 See the above page for links to the articles, available free of charge as PDFs. The annual Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation Distinguished Lecture in Egyptology...