Fungal Deterioration of Textiles and Approaches for Their Preservation : Applied on Ancient Egyptian Textiles

ISBN-13: 9783659923739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 180 str.

Omar Abdel-Kareem

Opis

This book introduces some efforts that have been done by the author to study the fungal deterioration of ancient Egyptian textiles and their prevention in Egypt. This book includes the following topics: Chapter I includes review of literature part of fungal deterioration of ancient Egyptian textiles and their preservation. Chapter II includes isolation and identification of the microflora occurrence on archaeological Egyptian textiles. Chapter III Investigating the effect of isolated fungi on biodeterioration of archaeological Egyptian textiles. Chapter IV evaluates some selected fungicides in preservation of ancient Egyptian textiles from conservator's perspective.

O autorze

Omar Abdel-Kareem Prof.of antiquities conservation, Cairo Univ. He is interested in conservation of archaeological and culture heritage objects. He has obtained many awards. He has been teaching in various countries. He has conserved many objects in different museums. He has participated in many projects as the P.I. investigator or as a researcher.