10th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin

1. Thematic Area I: Technologies for Damage Rehabilitation and Sustainable Preservation

   1. The Effect of Fly Ash on the Corrosion Performance of AISI 316L Stainless Steel Reinforced Concrete for Application to Restoration Works of Ancient Monuments

      • Sofia Tsouli, Angeliki G. Lekatou, Spyridon Kleftakis

      Pages 171-178

   2. Unusual Design Influences a Building’s Biocolonization Pattern and Complicates Remediation

      • Carol A. Grissom, Jane Sledge, A. Elena Charola

      Pages 179-187

   3. The Application of a Modified Sol-Gel Silica Coating for the Protection of Corroded Roman Soda-Lime-Silica Glass: An Experimental and Analytical Study

      • Abeer Al Bawab, Reema Al-Omari, Ramadan Abd-Allah, Ayat Bozeya, Rund A. Abu-Zurayk, Fadwa Odeh

      Pages 189-197

   4. Exploring Nano-Materials for Consolidation of Cultural Heritage Using NMR as a Noninvasive Technique

      • Fadwa Odeh, Suhair Bani Atta, Laila Al Atawi, Ayat Bozeya, Abeer Al Bawab

      Pages 199-205

   5. The Drums of Parthenon’s North Colonnade: The Process of Structural Intervention and Results

      • Marilena Mentzini

      Pages 207-214

2. Thematic Area II: Methodologies for Characterization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 215-215

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   2. Non-invasive Identification of the Pigments and Their Application on Theophilos Hatzimihail’s Easel Paintings

      • Amani-Christiana Saint, Vasiliki Dritsa, Eleni Cheilakou, Evangelia Valavani, Christina Margariti, Katerina Efthimiou et al.

      Pages 217-231

   3. The Combined Use of Non-invasive Methods for the Identification of Pigments and the Weathering Damage on Marble Figurines and Statues

      • Amani-Christiana Saint, Eleni Cheilakou, Vasiliki Dritsa, Maria Koui, Katerina Kostanti, Alexandra Christopoulou et al.

      Pages 233-242

   4. The P-Wave Ultrasonic Velocity and Infrared Thermometer Nondestructive Techniques for Estimating the Surface Weathering and the Depth of the Consolidation Liquid on Historical Monuments

      • Lamprini Dimitraki, Kyriaki Devlioti, Basile Christaras, Nikolas Arampelos, Maria Chatziangelou

      Pages 243-250

   5. Characterization of Pigments in Wall Paintings of Macedonian Tombs Using Noninvasive and Nondestructive Techniques

      • Alexandros Konstanta, Georgia Theofanidou, Vasileios Tsinaridis, Ioannis Karapanagiotis

      Pages 251-256

   6. Documentation Method for Conservation of Industrial Heritage: Mediterranean Region Watermill Example

      • Gülferah Çorapçıoğlu

      Pages 257-265

   7. The Role of Nano-Al2O3 in Traditional Binders

      • Eirini-Chrysanthi Tsardaka, Lorena Skevi, Maria Stefanidou

      Pages 267-272

   8. Rare Objects as Painting Substrates: The Example of a Seventeenth-Century Portable Icon

      • Lamprini Malletzidou, Evangelia Ougiarou, Triantafyllia T. Zorba, Vaios Ganitis, Angelos Sofianidis, Telemachos-Gregory Stamkopoulos et al.

      Pages 273-278

   9. Reassessment of Conservation Materials of Ancient Stone: The Example of Dodona Theater, Epirus, Greece

      • Artemios Oikonomou, Georgios Smiris

      Pages 279-285

   10. Characterization and Properties of Silicate and Nanocomposite Coatings for the Protection of Dolomite Marble Against Weathering

       • Panagiotis Spathis, Konstantinos Triantafyllidis, Charikleia Prochaska, Ioannis Karapanagiotis, Eleni Pavlidou, Maria Stefanidou

       Pages 287-294

   11. Silver Corrosion in a Museum Collection Storage Facility: A Preliminary Study

       • Venice Gouda, Emma Angelini, Sabrina Grassini, Marco Parvis, Panayota Vassiliou, Olga Papadopoulou

       Pages 295-303

   12. Non-destructive Investigation of Salt Efflorescence on Roman Tomb After Relocation in Ancient Corinth, Greece

       • Ekaterini Ftikou, Petros Prokos, Alexis Stefanis

       Pages 305-311

   13. Correlating the Effectiveness of Commercial Graffiti Removers with Their Analytically Investigated Components

       • Panayota Pitsiri, Stamatis C. Boyatzis, Nikolaos-Alexis Stefanis, Georgios Batis

       Pages 313-320

   14. Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Roman Nymphaeum in Amman: “Nymphaeum Archeological Park”

       • Abeer Al Bawab, Nizar Al Adarbeh, Mohammad El Khalili, Ayat Bozeya

       Pages 321-329

   15. The Study of Pentelic Marble in Pure Form and in Polluted Monuments by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

       • Theophile Theophanides, Jane Anastassopoulou, Lorenzo Lazzarini, Vasiliki Dritsa, Panagiotis Papandreopoulos, Maria Koui

       Pages 331-338

This book addresses physical, chemical, and biological methods for the preservation of ancient artifacts. Advanced materials are required to preserve the Mediterranean belt's historic, artistic and archaeological relics against weathering, pollution, natural risks and anthropogenic hazards.
Based upon the 10th International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, this book provides a forum for international engineers, architects, archaeologists, conservators, geologists, art historians and scientists in the fields of physics, chemistry and biology to discuss principles, methods, and solutions for the preservation of global historical artifacts. 

• Monument Conservation
• Monument Restoration
• Monument Preservation
• Monument Damage rehabilitation
• Monument Damage assessment
• Monument Decay patterns
• Mediterranean Cultural Heritage
• Historical Structures and Materials
• Analytical Techniques
• Non Destructive Testing (NDT)
• Methodologies of Damage Assessment
• Digital Techniques for Cultural Heritage
• Monument Damage Hazards

• School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  Maria Koui

• Dipartimento di Architettura Costruzione, Università Iuav di Venezia, Venezia, Italy

  Fulvio Zezza

• Department of Archival, Library and Information Studies, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece

  Dimitrios Kouis

Prof. Maria Koui has been a member of the Teaching and Research Staff of National Technical University of Athens in the School of Chemical Engineering since 1987.  Nowadays she is a Professor of "Spectroscopic and Non-Destructive Methods and Techniques for the Characterization of Materials" in the Materials Science and Engineering Section. She was a visiting professor at the Universities of Bari (1992), Venice (IUAV) (2005-2006) and Cranfield (2015). She has served as the Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Section at NTUA (2006-2008).  She is the author and co-author of 2 European patents and has more than 130 papers published in International Scientific journals and conference proceedings. She has written 5 books concerning Advance Materials and Spectroscopic and Non Destructive Methods. She has participated in 19 National, 3 bilateral and 11 European research programs as the scientific coordinator or the main researcher. She is a member of the Materials Research Society, the International Society for Optical Engineering, the Academy of Sciences of New York, ICOMOS, the Greek Society of NDT, the Technical Camber of Greece, et al. She has founded the NDT Lab in the Chemical Engineering Department of NTUA. Her research interests include the application of Liquid Crystals mixture on metallic and non-metallic surfaces for the characterization of their microstructure.

Fulvio Zezza is Emeritus Professor of Technical and Environmental Geology at the Architecture Faculty of the University IUAV of Venice. He coordinates studies and scientific researches on: a) building materials; b) physical-mechanical properties of rocks and terrains; and c) stones decay processes. He is the co-ordinator of the International Group for the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin and as Scientific Editor he has published the Proceedings of the Symposia held in Bari (1989), Genève (1991), Venice (1994) and Rhodes (1997), Seville (2000), Lisbon (2004), Orléans (2007), Patras (2010) and Ankara (2014) and Athens (2017). He has a wide experience in international co-operation and collaborates in works and researches regarding archaeological sites, churches, castles and buildings. He has published scientific papers and reports regarding non destructive techniques application (digital image processing of the weathering forms and ultrasonic pulses applied to the characterization of the weathered materials) to cultural heritage: marbles of Eleusis Temple, gypsum slabs of Cnossos Palace; calcarenite building material of the ancient centres of Lindos, Ialysos and Kamiros, and that of Rhodos walls.

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