Refinement of categorization and scaling of weathering-related damage to natural stone: case study on oolitic limestone from El-Shatbi Tombs (Egypt)

Kamh, G. M. E.; Koltuk, Serdar; Ismael, Hossam

doi:10.1007/s10064-016-0946-7

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“…Considering the weathering forms and their dimensions and the damage category have been defined, using [8] damage category scale for all sites under investigation. The detailed conditions assessment of the weathering forms (e.g.…”

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“…All the weathering forms were recorded along with their dimensions (e.g., width, depth, density, thickness, and length). They were then categorized into five groups following [8] No visible damage on the stone's surface, inscriptions and/or paints 1…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Most monuments in El-Kharga oasis have suffered environmental and climatic hazards. Stones have become the widely used construction material in ancient buildings due to its enormous resistance against natural and environmental conditions when compared to other construction materials [7,8]. However, stones also wear out and deteriorate in the course of time because of environmental and climatic hazard impacts.…”

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Ismael

Abdel-Motamed

Abbas

2020

Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies

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The archeological sites in El-Kharga oasis represent a tangible cultural heritage of outstanding universal value. Such monuments have suffered environmental and climatic hazards, especially the climate extreme and climate change throughout thousands of years. The current research focuses on determining the deterioration response that has occurred for hundreds of years to the impacts of environmental and climatic hazards in El-Kharga oasis since the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664 BC) such as the temple of Hibis and beyond many Greek-Roman temples of 13 largest archeological sites (i.e.

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