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Project

Pictural practices in antique Egyptian wall paintings: Methological approach and comparative study of four eighteenthe dynasty private tombs
Code
01D01408
Duration
01 October 2008 → 01 May 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • 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
Keywords
painting technique Egyptian wall paintings archaeometry
 
Project description

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).