background and objective: biodeterioration is an irreversible damage that is caused by colonization of microorganisms on the surface of different materials. among all microorganisms, fungi play an important role in deterioration of materials. fungi can colonize on stone surfaces and by secreting different enzymes, organic and inorganic acids and pigments, can cause bio-weathering and changing n...

The ‘Tomb of the Philosophers’, owing its name to iconographic theme depicted on interior walls, offers a rare example high-quality early Hellenistic painting, which enhances our knowledge use painting materials and techniques in Greece during late 4th–early 3rd century BC. tomb was excavated 2001 by 17th Ephorate Prehistoric Classical Antiquities, area east cemetery ancient city Pella is among...

OKAA 7 – Milan Aurore Motte PhD Student (Aspirante F.R.S.-FNRS) University of Liège – F.R.S.-FNRS Title: For your ka! How to give something as a present to the tomb owner? Abstract: The aim of this paper is to describe the variety of means in ‘daily life’ scenes in Old Kingdom private tombs for workers to speak to or to offer something to the tomb owner. Starting from the comment made by Detlef...