Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Mission 2007-2008 - Kathryn A. Bard and Rodolfo Fattovich et alii

Conservation - P. Musella

The condition of excavated ship components has been systematically checked by observation during past field seasons. Wood planks stored on site in Cave 3 are in good condition and appear to have stabilized in storage, with only minor changes on the surface such as small cracks and occasional pale areas of salt. In some cases planks stored in Cave 1 exhibit light powdery salt crystals on the surface. They are found on some surface areas of the wood and have not structurally damaged the wood.
At the end of the 2007-08 field season five data loggers to monitor temperature and relative humidity were placed in three caves (Caves 1, 2 and 3) and one data logger was placed in one of the storage boxes containing ship timbers in the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) storeroom at Qift, to monitor the environment in which materials were stored. [27]

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