A Study of the Causes of Damage to the Walls of the Karnak Temples, Which Are Built of Mud Bricks, Luxor and Suggested Methods of Treatment

作     者：Elashmawy Ahmed Abd-Elkareem Elashmawy Ahmed Abd-Elkareem

作者机构：Conservation Department Faculty of Archaeology South Valley University Qena Egypt 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Geology》 (地质学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第12卷第7期

页      面：565-585页

学科分类：081803[工学-地质工程] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 

主　　题：Karnak Mud Bricks Walls Hydrogeology XRD SEM XRF Decay Durability Treatment 

摘      要：Mud bricks were made in Egypt from the Nile silt, which is a mixture of clay and sand, which is sometimes mixed with pieces of organic materials and then mixed with water to make mud bricks, the oldest mud bricks were found in tombs dating back to Naqada and in Abydos, and parts of the central state pyramids were built from it, geological study and hydrogeology of the site were studied, mud bricks were studied by XRD and SEM, the main components and properties were studied, the mud bricks were made according to a local technique in industry and construction, the walls of Karnak temple become weak fragile materials due to their exposure to various damaging factors, the study put a recommended treatment of damaged mud bricks walls which surrounded of Karnak temple.