The conservation of the Roman mosaics in the Museum of Sousse in Tunisia: Between doctrines and practices

International Journal of Conservation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 587-600

  Youssef, Zeineb ^a   Kharrat, Fakher ^a  

^a National School of Architecture and Urbanism   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Museum of Sousse; Operating principles; Particular theory; Roman mosaics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950243687     PISSN: 2067533X     EISSN: 20678223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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