Weathering and its effect on the statues of the path of the gods between the temples of Karnak and Luxor (The Road of Rams) Methods of treatment and maintenance

Ahmed Awad, Mohamed; Sayed Shuaib, Ahmed; Noshy Habib Atallah, Naseem

doi:10.21608/ijaswa.2022.232674

Weathering and its effect on the statues of the path of the gods between the temples of Karnak and Luxor (The Road of Rams) Methods of treatment and maintenance

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Professor of Archeology and Ancient Buildings Restoration - Faculty of Archeology, Sohag University

² Professor of Inorganic Archeology Restoration, Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University

³ Antiquities restoration specialist, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

10.21608/ijaswa.2022.232674

Abstract

Weathering means the process of cracking, smashing, fragmentation
and dissolution of rocks and minerals by means of physical and
chemical action while they are in their positions on the surface of the
earth without moving them (1). And the chemical that has arisen in the
place, and weathering may cause a kind of limited displacement of the
weathered fragments, because the changes in rocky materials are
subjected to changes in their sizes, such as crystal growth, buckling,
washing and swelling…..etc, leads to the occurrence of individual
processes for each rock component (2) Therefore, several steps were
taken to save the sphinxes from the impact of weathering of all kinds
that surround the statues.

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