Description

Through knowledge and understanding, students will be able to: • Identify techniques of mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Recognise the materials and tools which used in mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Notice the manifestations of deteriorations to mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Describe modern methods of examinations and scientific analysis of mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Recognise the different modern methods for care and conservation of Mummy Portraits, Icons and Cartonnage. • Recognise the scientific methods of museum display and preventive conservation Through intellectual skills, students will be able to: • Comprehend between the components and properties of different mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Extrapolate the manifestations of deteriorations and interpretation of the mechanism occurrence • Determine the most proper materials and methods for conservation and museums display of mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Provide expert opinion on the conservation of the mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Use library sources effectively Through professional and practical skills, students will be able to: • Apply the scientific method in care and conservation of the mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Use scientific methods in the museum display and preservation of the mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Write well-researched contributions to archaeological research. • Give a 10-minute presentation on a topic of care and conservation of the mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage • Observe and write down observations in a reflective journal Through general and transferable skills, students will be able to: • Provide accurate information on the subject matter • Work with colleagues on a presentation and understand team work dynamics • Critique opinions and scientific ideas and link them through scientific reasoning • Provide accurate information on the subject matter • Use computer and modern technological means in communication, access, and search for information • Plan, organize and manage time • Work with colleagues on a presentation and understand team work dynamics • Create, innovate to find alternative solutions to solve problems

Program

Material Culture Conservation

Objectives

• This course introduces the student to the archaeological and conservation methods which are used in the technique of mummy portraits, icons and cartonnage. The course will discuss the types of materials and tools that were used in their industry. The course focuses on the techniques of manufacture and their factors of deterioration from a physical, chemical, and biological perspective. The course provides the student with the latest modern methods of examination and analysis to know the condition of archaeological material to be able to develop a plan of restoration and conservation, in the light of the requirements of preventive conservation. Finally, the course will provide students with the best conditions for the display of these objects in museums and storage in magazines.