Haracterization of plasters from ptolemaic baths: New excavations near the Karnak Temple Complex, Upper Egypt

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 693-706

  Marey Mahmoud, H H ^a   Ali, M F ^a   Pavlidou, E ^b   Kantiranis, N ^b   El Badry, A ^c  

^a Cairo Univ   (Egypt)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt (SCA)   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Bone black; Calcite; FT IR; Plasters; Ptolemaic baths; SEM EDS; The karnak temple complex; XRD

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EGYPT;

EID: 79958834573     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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