Abstract:Artifacts from the Egyptian grave goods of Kha and Merit preserved at the Museo Egizio in Turin were studied through a combination of non‐destructive and non‐invasive neutron and gamma techniques (namely neutron imaging, neutron diffraction and prompt gamma activation analysis). The results provide unprecedented morphological reconstructions of the inner parts of the two alabaster and metallic vases and their isotopic and phase composition, thereby extending our knowledge of the hitherto unknown content of the… Show more
“…For example, we have used neutrons to study sealed Egyptian alabaster and ceramic vases [9], part of the Kha and Merit grave goods preserved at Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy (Fig. 1e).…”
Scientists studying cultural heritage use a variety of physics techniques to understand how pieces were made, their history and how to best preserve them. Six scientists who use different techniques describe their work -and how working with cultural heritage can lead to physics developments, too.
“…For example, we have used neutrons to study sealed Egyptian alabaster and ceramic vases [9], part of the Kha and Merit grave goods preserved at Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy (Fig. 1e).…”
Scientists studying cultural heritage use a variety of physics techniques to understand how pieces were made, their history and how to best preserve them. Six scientists who use different techniques describe their work -and how working with cultural heritage can lead to physics developments, too.
“…Neutron techniques for the characterisation of objects of different materials have been successfully used for long time at reactors and at spallation sources [1,6]. Neutrons are appropriate for the study of metal objects, for which a variety of techniques is available for chemical characterisation as well as for microstructural studies and lattice properties identification [1,[7][8][9][10][11]. Prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) and neutron resonance capture analysis (NRCA) are among the most fruitful techniques for the isotopic characterisation of a high variety of materials (e.g.…”
In this paper, we present, for the first time, a quantitative analysis carried out using time-resolved prompt gamma activation analysis (T-PGAA), a technique currently under development at the ISIS pulsed Neutron and Muon Source in Oxfordshire.
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