تأثير بيئة الدفن على هيكل عظمي حيواني بحفائر تل غزالة الأثري-دقهلية

Abstract EN

In the year 2012 AD, the Egyptian archaeological mission incident the Ministry of Antiquities which works in Tel -Ghazala Monument in the Sinbillawain Center in Dakahlia (Delta of Egypt) revealed a skeleton of a hunting dog from the Saluki family in a mud-brick room dating to the pre-dynastic era (Naqada III) and it was known that this The type of dog was only owned by a certain class of people who enjoyed wealth, as some of these dogs were depicted on the pre-dynastic and antiquated salads that chased deer, and the skeleton suffers from the deterioration by the effects of the burial environment including dirt and discoloration, microbiological color spots, salts crystallization, corrosion and surface brittleness, fractures and separations in body units, Given the importance of this burial as it is the first of its kind in the Delta of Egypt, and considering it as a record like the ancient papyrus provides us the knowledge which we aspire to about the past as it provides us with social and economic information about the ancestors and their ways of life and the development of animal breeds, it is an important scientific sources for archaeologists, anthropologists and animals, so it is imperative to stay In good condition, studying the changes that intervene from the burial environment is necessary, as it is one of the priorities of conservation, Therefore, this study focused on describing the deterioration and explaining its mechanisms and causes, and this was achieved through many examination and analyzes using the Polarizing Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope, X-Ray Diffraction Analysis and the Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis Unit attached to the electron microscope and Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectrometry and microbiological examination.

The research concluded a set of results and conclusions, and the study ended with the approval of some recommendations necessary for the purpose of preservation.