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Enhancing durability and sustainable preservation of Egyptian stone monuments using metabolites produced by Streptomyces exfoliatus [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
Despite their threatens for Egyptian stone monuments, A few studies focused on using biocontrol agents against deteriorative fungi and bacteria instead of using chemical assays that leave residuals leading to human toxicity and environmental pollution ...
Basma T. Abd-Elhalim, Bahaa A. Hemdan, Salwa M. El-Sayed, Mahgoub A. Ahmed, Sodaf A. Maan, Samah H. Abu-Hussien   +5 more
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Stone alterations in some monuments

Materiales de Construccion, 1974
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J. M. Fernández París
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Efficacy of fungal biodeterioration on stone monuments

Environment Conservation Journal, 2019
Fungal  ability   in   production   of  organic  acid  have  crucial  role  in   discoloration  and  degradation  of  different  types  of  stone  in  cultural heritage  objects.
S. Sathya
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South Arabia's prehistoric monument landscape shows social resilience to climate change. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
In arid regions across northern Africa, Asia and Arabia, ancient pastoralists constructed small-scale stone monuments of varying form, construction, placement, age, and function. Classification studies of each type have inhibited a broader model of their
Joy McCorriston, Lawrence Ball, Michael J Harrower, Ian M Hamilton, Sarah J Ivory, Matthew J Senn, Tara Steimer-Herbet, Abigail F Buffington, Ali Ahmad Al-Kathiri, Ali Musalam Al-Mahri   +9 more
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Identification of keystone taxa shaping biocrust formation and biodeterioration of limestone monuments in the Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty [PDF]

Environmental Microbiome
The limestone monuments of the Rectangular Tower in the Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty, created in the mid-fourteenth century, are biodeteriorating from environmental exposure, resulting in the formation of black biocrusts.
Weijia Wang, Xiaofang Huang, Fasi Wu, Xiaobo Liu   +3 more
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Weakly Supervised SVM-Enhanced SAM Pipeline for Stone-by-Stone Segmentation of the Masonry of the Loire Valley Castles [PDF]

Journal of Imaging
The preservation of historical monuments presents a formidable challenge, particularly in monitoring the deterioration of building materials over time.
Stuardo Lucho, Sylvie Treuillet, Xavier Desquesnes, Remy Leconge, Xavier Brunetaud   +4 more
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Deterioration-Associated Microbiome of Stone Monuments: Structure, Variation, and Assembly [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018
Bingjian Zhang
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APPLICATION OF SURVEYING AND MAPPING TECHNOLOGY IN DISEASE EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS OF STONE MONUMENTS [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021
With thousands of years of glorious history and culture, China, which is the origin of Chinese civilization has also survived with a magnificent amount of stone cultural heritage.
Z. Yu, Z. Yu, Y. Hu, Y. Hu, M. Hou, M. Hou   +5 more
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The Value of Natural Stones to Gain in the Cultural and Geological Diversity of Our Global Heritage

Heritage, 2023
The use of stone to build shelters was an important step in terms of ensuring buildings’ durability and security in pre-historic times. It was also an acknowledgment of power and grandeur when societies demonstrated their respect for their leaders and ...
Dolores Pereira
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From the Levant to Sardinia, via North Africa and Cyprus

Cartagine. Studi e Ricerche, 2023
Within the repertoire of the stone monuments erected in the Punic sanctuaries known as “Tophets”, the so-called “stepped altars” represent an absolute unicum since they were found only at Tharros (Sardinia).
Stefano Floris
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