Implementation of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for inspecting the Greco-Roman Necropolis at Kilo 6 of the Golden Mummies Valley, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt
Abbas, A., Ghazala, H., Mesbah, H., Atya, M., Radwan, A., Hamed, D. (2016). Implementation of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for inspecting the Greco-Roman Necropolis at Kilo 6 of the Golden Mummies Valley, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 5(1), 147-159. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2016.01.003
Abbas M. Abbas; Hosni H. Ghazala; Hany S. Mesbah; Magdy A. Atya; Ali Radwan; Diaa E. Hamed. "Implementation of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for inspecting the Greco-Roman Necropolis at Kilo 6 of the Golden Mummies Valley, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 5, 1, 2016, 147-159. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2016.01.003
Abbas, A., Ghazala, H., Mesbah, H., Atya, M., Radwan, A., Hamed, D. (2016). 'Implementation of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for inspecting the Greco-Roman Necropolis at Kilo 6 of the Golden Mummies Valley, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 5(1), pp. 147-159. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2016.01.003
Abbas, A., Ghazala, H., Mesbah, H., Atya, M., Radwan, A., Hamed, D. Implementation of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for inspecting the Greco-Roman Necropolis at Kilo 6 of the Golden Mummies Valley, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2016; 5(1): 147-159. doi: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2016.01.003

Implementation of ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography for inspecting the Greco-Roman Necropolis at Kilo 6 of the Golden Mummies Valley, Bahariya Oasis, Egypt

NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 147-159    PDF (8.49 M)
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrjag.2016.01.003
Authors
Abbas M. Abbas; Hosni H. Ghazala; Hany S. Mesbah; Magdy A. Atya; Ali Radwan; Diaa E. Hamed
Abstract
Bahariya Oasis is one of the lately inspected spots in Egypt and has a long historical record extending from the old kingdom till the emergence of Islam. Since June 1999, the Valley of the Golden Mummies near Bawiti (at kilometer 6 on the road leads to Farafra Oasis) became significant due to the discoveries of amazing mummies of gelded faces. The archeologists believe that the Valley has more valuable tombs that still unrevealed. Also, the possibility that the Greco-Roman Necropolis extends to areas other than Kilo-6 is sustainable.
The ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography are two geophysical tools that have successful applications in archeological assessment. The two techniques were used in integration plan to assert the archeological potentiality of the studied site and to map the feasible tombs. Sum of 798 GPR profiles and 19 ERT cross sections was carried out over the study area. The results of them were analyzed to envisage these results in archeological terms.
Keywords
archeology; Bahariya Oasis; GPR; ERT; Golden Mummies
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