Conservation of Archaeological Limestone False Doors Applied on a Door No. 1755 at Atfiyah Museum Store – Egypt

Rabea Radi Abdel Kader; Shaimaa Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed

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Conservation of Archaeological Limestone False Doors Applied on a Door No. 1755 at Atfiyah Museum Store – Egypt

Rabea Radi Abdel Kader, Shaimaa Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed

Published in Arabic Language, Literature & Culture (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 13 February 2019 Accepted: 19 March 2019 Published: 15 May 2019

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Abstract

Stone false doors are considered one of history writing resources, within them, a lot of topics belonged to ancient Egyptian religious rites can be described, some of them contains inscriptions depict sacrifice forms of Egyptian gods and goddess, and with the false door, dead's soul can entre and go out between the world of living and the dead, there are a lot of limestone objects stored at Atfiyah museum store – Ministry of Antiquities – Egypt which known for the archaeologists as (Ali El-Kholy museum store), these objects exposed to many deterioration factors that threaten them especially the false doors. The research aims to shed the light on one of limestone false doors (no. 1755), samples were taken to identify the components and deterioration phenomenon, examined and analyzed to set a tight plan of conservation processes, first, mechanical and chemical cleaning were done to remove dust and clay deposits, then the weak surface were consolidated to save the important inscriptions.

Published in	Arabic Language, Literature & Culture (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.allc.20190401.12
Page(s)	16-20
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2019. Published by Science Publishing Group

Keywords

Conservation, Archaeological Limestone False Doors, Atfiyah Museum Store, Cleaning, Inscriptions, Cultural Heritage

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Rabea Radi Abdel Kader, Shaimaa Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed. Conservation of Archaeological Limestone False Doors Applied on a Door No. 1755 at Atfiyah Museum Store – Egypt. Arab Lang Lit Cult. 2019;4(1):16-20. doi: 10.11648/j.allc.20190401.12

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Rabea Radi Abdel Kader

Presidential Museums and Palaces Restoration Authority, Ministry of Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt
Shaimaa Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed

Conservation Department, Faculty of Archaeology, South Valley University, Luxor, Egypt

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Rabea Radi Abdel Kader, Shaimaa Sayed Mohamed El-Sayed. Conservation of Archaeological Limestone False Doors Applied on a Door No. 1755 at Atfiyah Museum Store – Egypt. Arab Lang Lit Cult. 2019;4(1):16-20. doi: 10.11648/j.allc.20190401.12

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