A bridge between Archaeology and Science in studying Tutankhamun's loincloths
| dc.contributor.author | Hamza, Nagm El Deen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-20T15:03:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-20T15:03:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "An impressive number of textiles found in the tomb of king Tutankhamun. Howard Carter recognized that, the material from this tomb will be of extreme importance to the history of textile art and it needs very careful study.” the collection of the textile of the King Tutankhamen are divided into 740 garments, shrouds, covers of statues, loincloth and textile objects as quivers and sails of boats models were found. The textiles were found distributed inside rooms of the tomb stored in several chests and boxes, some of them used for wrapping funerary equipment, in other cases they form part of elaborate, ceremonial robes covered with gold sequins and embroideries. This study focus on one of the garment pieces from the wardrobe of the king Tutankhamun, the loincloth which have a striking Number of loincloth estimated 145 bundles rolls these still remain unfolded because of their delicate condition . Loincloth is a simple garment has triangular form one of the few garment worn by men and women also which wrapped around the waist while the rest is drawn between the legs. Similar examplefrom this collection display now in the Egyptian museum in Tahrir. The goal of this study is to identify the folding system of loincloth made by the priests of the king. Indeed, this study gives us great semantics confirm that the King wears these pieces, also an Image for the fashion style of loincloth and the structure details of the king's body. Another hand, this study investigates the feasibility, effectiveness, and overall value of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in documenting the loincloth of Tutankhamen impressions. From where, the ability to manipulate the light source and enhance surface attributes with RTI facilitates identification of important textile features from documentation of textile impressions. Also, this paper compares RTI, digital photography, Multispectral image (Ultra Viol (U.V) and Infrared (IR)) for documentation of varied textile of the King Tutankhamen. Finally, the loincloth of Tutankhamen was investigated by optical microscope, polarizing microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) to obtain a more detailed observation of the condition and physical characteristics of the fabric". | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://159.69.0.167/jspui/handle/123456789/404 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Archaeology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ciencias de la Tierra y Planetarias | en_US |
| dc.title | A bridge between Archaeology and Science in studying Tutankhamun's loincloths | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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