Evaluation of Biotechnology in the Conservation of Wall Paintings in the Mortuary Temple of Ramses Iii
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22338136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abd El Aal Sh (Fayoum University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 79-89 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2090-4932 • E-ISSN: 2090-4940 |
| Publisher | Egypts Presidential Specialized Council for Education and Scientific Research (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21608/ejars.2012.7464 |
| OpenAlex | W2807678720 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Egypt has a lot of ancient tombs and tempels, which were decorated with different kinds of wallpaintings. Structure of these wall pintings consists of support, plaster and paint layers. The mortuarytemple of Ramses III the king of 20th Dynasty who ruled Egypt for 31 years (1183-1153 B.C). It slocated of on the west bank of Luxor, Upper Egypt; The temple itself is made of sandstone andcontains more than 75,000 square feet of wall decoration and reliefs.Paintings deterioration isprimarily due to physiochemical, natural and human factors. The most detrimental factors are batpatches, old varnish and organic waste of birds. All these leed to the gradual disappearance ofpaintings. Modern technology of conservation is focused on application of new materials for cleaningof wall paintings. Here we report on the use of enzymes for cleaning surface of wall paintings.Analytical techniques such as PIXE, μPIXE, XRD, FTIR and Optical Microscopy were used toevaluate the enzymatic cleaning processes of wall paintings and to identify the chemical compositionof blue, red, yellow and white pigments. PIXE and XRD results indicated that there is no change inthe chemical composition of the materials and pigments. FTIR and OM results confirmed the stabilityof organic medium before and after enzymatic cleaning of different kind of patches
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Biology · Chemical composition · Coating · Composite material · Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy · Mineralogy · Painting · Pigment · Temple · Varnish · Visual arts · Chemical Engineering · Chemistry · Conservation · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques · Engineering · Materials Science · Nuclear Physics and Applications · Organic Chemistry
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |