Multi-disciplinary investigation of the tomb of Menna (TT69), Theban Necropolis, Egypt

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-552

  Vandenabeele, Peter ^a   Garcia Moreno, Renata ^b   Mathis, François ^b   Leterme, Kerstin ^a,b   Van Elslande, Elsa ^c   Hocquet, François Philippe ^b   Rakkaa, Saïd ^b   Laboury, Dimitri ^b   Moens, Luc ^a   Strivay, David ^b   Hartwig, Melinda ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; Egyptian wall paintings; In situ analysis; IR spectroscopy; Mobile equipment; Raman spectroscopy; Tomb of Menna (TT69); UV vis spectroscopy; X ray fluorescence (XRF)

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOMETRY; EGYPTIAN WALL PAINTINGS; IN SITU ANALYSIS; IR-SPECTROSCOPY; MOBILE EQUIPMENT; TOMB OF MENNA (TT69); UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF);

FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFLECTION; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SURVEYS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COLORING AGENT;

ARTICLE; EGYPT; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PAINTING; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

COLORING AGENTS; EGYPT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; PAINTINGS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 67349132370     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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