INVESTIGATION THE MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF SANDSTONE FROM THE OSIRION'S SARCOPHAGUS CHAMBER AS AFFECTED BY RISING GROUND WATER LEVEL
- Citation:
- El-Derby, A. A. O. D., M. M. A. Mansour, and M. Z. M. Salem, "INVESTIGATION THE MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF SANDSTONE FROM THE OSIRION'S SARCOPHAGUS CHAMBER AS AFFECTED BY RISING GROUND WATER LEVEL", Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, vol. 16,, issue 1, pp. pp. 273-281, 2016.
Abstract:
In the present study, the microbial deterioration of sandstone from the Osirion's Sarcophagus Chamber as
affected by rising ground water level was investigated by means of SEM micrograph of fungal hyphae, X-ray
diffraction (XRD), and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The following Fungi; Cladosporium
cladosporioides, Aspergillus terreus, Curvularia lunata, and Acremonium falciforme were identified on the
deteriorated stone surfaces and these findings were tested by SEM investigations. The hyphae penetration of
the identified microfungi caused mechanical exfoliation of building stone material as well as changing in
color.