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Hussein Hassan M.H. MAHMOUD |
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Conservator (Egypt)
Contact: marai79@hotmail.com
Hussein Hassan Mahmoud is a conservator of mural paintings. He is currently Assistant lecturer at the Conservation Department of the Faculty of Archaeology at the Cairo University, Egypt. Mr. Mahmoud has a Bachelor’s degree in Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Works of Art from the Cairo University and a Master’s degree in Conservation of Mural Paintings from the same university. At the moment he is working on his PhD thesis focusing on the degradation of ancient Egyptian pigments in mural paintings.
In 2001 he participated in the conservation-restoration project of the decorated wooden ceilings of El-Ghuri mosque, Old Cairo. In 2002-2004 he also participated in the conservation-restoration project of the ancient mural paintings of two Pharaonic tombs (TT277, 278), Western Thebes, Upper Egypt, in collaboration with the Higher Supreme of Antiquities in Egypt.His main interests are the application of nanotechnology in conservation and the application of modern analytical techniques, namely micro-Raman and micro-FTIR spectroscopy, micro-XRF and SEM-EDS microanalysis, in the characterisation and diagnosis of mural paintings and objects of cultural heritage.
Papers:
Examination of Some Inorganic Pigments and Plaster Layers from Excavations at Saqqara Area, Egypt: Optical microscopy and SEM-EDS microanalysis
[Article in Issue 12, December 2009]
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