Faculty of Archaeology

The Aims of Heritage Aid Mobile Lab

- Heritage Aid Mobile Lab for the diagnosis of the Egyptian Cultural Heritage and to enhance technological innovation in conservation research in Egypt by creating professional expertise in the analysis of archaeological materials, and advances in noninvasive portable spectroscopy and imaging analysis. For scientific examination as part of conservation diagnostics, laboratory tools are necessary which are portable and non-invasive with the application of novel portable spectroscopy and imaging devices for the analysis, monitoring, and documentation of Egyptian archaeological materials. Devices selected for the Heritage aid mobile lab include luminescence time-resolved and spectrally-resolved imaging cameras, XRF spectrometers, and visible multispectral camera, which provide insight into material composition and conservation conditions of cultural heritage objects in a non-invasive way. The analysis of paintings, pigments, and organic and inorganic objects from the Egyptian culture (manuscripts, icons, papyrus, and wall paintings), considering model- based samples, real museum objects, and case studies of cultural heritage monuments or archaeological sites.

- Project was within the executive program of scientific and technological cooperation between the Italian Republic and the Arab Republic of Egypt for the years 2013-2015. In the field of Technologies applied to Cultural and Natural Heritage. The project was in partnership between the Faculty of Archaeology (Fayoum University, Egypt) and Politecnico di Milano (Italy).