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Environmental deterioration and conservation of Ramses III's Sandstone Temple, Karnak, Luxor

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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موضوعات في ترميم الآثار (معماري – دقيق – عضوي – غير عضوي) .

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Ramses III's temple contains many kinds of decay. Therefore, the current study investigates different deterioration phenomena and mechanisms of alteration which lead to sandstone decay. It also creates conditions in the laboratory similar to those of the temple to be compared to the deterioration environment of Ramses III's temple. Different scientific methods were adopted, such as EDX attached with SEM, XRD and PLM. Results show that there are many types of deterioration in the sandstone. For example, the samples reported the presence of sulphate and chloride in crystalline phase, e.g. anhydrate and dehydrate calcium sulphate (Thenardite), Na2SO4, CaSO4, sodium chloride (NaCl) and gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O). Consequently, different treatments were used.

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10.21608/mkaq.2014.162914

Keywords

Ramses III, Temple, Decayed Sandstone, Grains, treatments

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Elashmawy

Last Name

Abd-Elkareem

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Lecturer at Conservation Department, Qena Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley University, Egypt

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elashmawyabdelkareem@yahoo.com

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9

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1

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23384

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2014-07-01

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2014-04-10

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2014-07-01

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1

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17

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2090-8490

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2682-2911

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MKAQ_Volume 9_Issue 1_Pages 1-17.pdf

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مجـلة کلية الآثـار بقنا - جامعة جنوب الوادي

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23 Jan 2023