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Recent Salinization of Ancient Egyptian Temples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

T. C. Billard  and
George Burns
T. C. Billard
Affiliation:
Litton Systems Canada Ltd., 25 City View Dr., Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, M9W 5A7
George Burns
Affiliation:
Archaeometric Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A1.
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Abstract

Although an extensive type of salinization of ancient Egyptian temples has been recognized as early as 1977, and although the general mechanism of salinization has been proposed and verified by computer modelling in 1980 at least for the Karnak area near Luxor, the extent of salinization was not documented and its corollaries were not sufficiently elucidated. In this manuscript direct and indirect damage due to salinization of the Karnak Temples complex is identified and illustrated. Recent desalinization efforts are described and future necessary salinization studies are outlined.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 123: Symposium L – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology I , 1988 , 293
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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