| Autor: |
Ali, Hussein M., Saleh, Mohsen M., El-Sankary, Mohamed M. |
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Annual Conference of General Union of Archaeologists; 2006, p14-27, 14p |
| Abstrakt: |
Temple of Medinet Habu locates on the west bank of the river Nile at Luxor. It was dedicated to the king Ramesses III [19th dynasty New kingdom] as a mortuary temple. The building was begun during the Middle kingdom and remained in use until the Coptic period. Some parts of this temple were built at the time of Antonius Pius 138 - 161 AC that used as a church in the Coptic period. Sandstone was used as building materials in the Medinet Habu Temple (small temple to Priestess Amemirdas at Medinet Habu). Medinet R'bu Temple is exposed to different destructive factors such as big daily difference between humidity and temperature, the high level of the underground water, wind erosion, biological effects ...etc. The present paper close up on the actual condition of the Greco-Roman part in the temple of Medinet Habu and diagnosis the deterioration factors and its effect on the building materials as the first step for conservation plan. Different investigation methods were used to investigate the building materials [stone, mortar and plaster] such as Light Optical Microscope (LOM), Polarizing Microscope (P.M) and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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