Conservation and Technical Study of Deteriorated Wood from the Abydos Middle Cemetery, Egypt Project

Grantee: Suzanna Davis and Claudia Chemello, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan

Objective: The AEF committee is very pleased to support this project to develop international conservation guidelines for the treatment of severely deteriorated wood using material excavated from the Abydos Middle Cemetery Project. A team of scientists from the U.S. and Egypt will examine wooden artifacts excavated over a period of 13 years, consider conservation issues and make recommendations for excavation, conservation treatment and long term preservation of such material.