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STRATEGY FOR PRESERVATION OF PTOLEMAIC WRAPPED MUMMY’S LINEN Harby E. AHMED * Abstract: This research shows the practical strategies which were chosen for maintenance and conservation of textiles discovered in Tuna el -Gebel excavations, Egypt. This process represents the first aid to these objects, hidden in tombs over thousands of years. Thus, the operations carried out are very important in detecting the state of conservation of these remains of human activity. They also aimed at reducing the damage caused by storage conditions through thousands of years. The challenge that conservators of historic textiles face in this case is the decrease of the available and necessary possibilities for conducting the process of restoration in the best way. On the other hand, leaving these textiles without a conservation process may double the causes of damage in the textiles leading eventually to their complete loss.. The process of restoration has been recorded step by step, from the historical records of textiles to the cleaning processes. Moreover, the choice of a new holder for displaying textile pieces in museum and their placement in it are discussed. Keywords: Linen textile; Excavation; Conservation; Mummies; Cleaning; Support; Black ink *Corresponding author: harbyezzeldeen@yahoo.com Received: May 24, 2011 |
