Project

Pictural practices in antique Egyptian wall paintings: Methological approach and comparative study of four eighteenthe dynasty private tombs

Code
01D01408
Looptijd
01-10-2008 → 01-05-2011
Financiering
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Analytical chemistry
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Archaeology
    • Theory and methodology of archaeology
    • Other history and archaeology
    • Visual arts
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Pharmaceutical analysis and quality assurance
Trefwoorden
archeometrie Egyptische muurschilderingen schildertechniek
 
Projectomschrijving

In this research project, the painting technique of a number of antique Egyptian private tombs (Theban necropolis, Luxor, Egypt) are examined, dating from the 18th Dynasty. Visual analysis is combined with macro photography, raking light images and UV fluorescence photography. Moreover, a number of archaeometrical techniques are as well used to identify the materials that were applied (colorimetry, Ir spectroscopy, UV-fluorescence, X-ray fluorescence, Raman spectroscopy).