User:Dr. AbdelRahman Medhat

' ''Abd El Rahman Medhat received his bachelor’s degree in archaeological conservation at the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University in 2007. He defended his MA dissertation in 2011 on ‘The Use of Polymers in the Treatment and Restoration of Historic Wood with the Application on a Chosen Carriage at the Royal Carriage Museum’ (highest rank: excellent); and he defended his PhD thesis in 2016 on, ‘An Applied Archaeometric Study on the Evaluation of Chemical Degradation of Wooden Icons Due to the Stratigraphic Structure and the Appropriate Treatment Methods Applied on a Selected Object Dating Back to the 18th Century’ (highest rank: excellent, first class). Abd El Rahman’s postdoctoral work has focused on the physico-chemistry and conservation of organic and wooden objects, primarily the development of analytical strategies involving vibrational spectroscopies. ''

In May 2010, Abd El Rahman began working at the Grand Egyptian Museum on the conservation and archaeometry of organic materials, especially painted wood and papyri. In 2015, he was a doctoral research fellow at the Institut français d'archéologie orientale (IFAO) and is currently starting a new project there. He was also a member of the IFAO mission at Philadelphia in the Fayyum. Since 2017, he has served as a member at the Scientific and Technical Office for the Ministry of Antiquities. And in October 2019, he began work as a conservator specialist in the Egyptian Museum and lecturer at Ain Shams University and Must University for Science and Technology.

Abd El Rahman use investigation tools such as: Multispectral imaging (UV,IR)and Raking-light and analytical tools such as Zeta Potential, GCMS, Raman, FTIR, XRF, UV-VIS and others to conduct material analysis.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS


 * 1) Philipp Seyr and Abd El Rahman Medhat, “A rediscovered wooden statue of the overseer of the two granaries Ihy – Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 100373: An archaeological and conservation study,” Pražské egyptologické studie (Prague Egyptological Studies), vol. 26 (2021), 79–106. DOI: 20.500.11956/136483.
 * 2) Liesel Gentelli and Abd El Rahman Medhat, “A multi-analytical approach for the archaeometric identification of a Roman period glass furnace in the central Nile delta” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 11 (2017), 330–337. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.11.018.
 * 3) Moamen Othman, Abd El Rahman Medhat and Ahmed Tarek, “Archeometric and Conservation Study for the Handle of Dagger from Ghazala,” Analecta Papyrologica, vol. 27 (2015), 185–192.
 * 4) Abd El Rahman Medhat, Mona Ali and Mona Abdel-Ghani, “Analytical investigation on a coptic Wooden icon from the 18th century using SEM-EDX microscopy and FTIR spectroscopy,” Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, vol. 15 (2015), pp. 151–161. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.15048.
 * 5) Abd El Rahman Medhat, Yassien Zidan amd Nesrin M.N. El Hadidi, “Study on the Use Polymers in the Treatment and Conservation of Historical Wood,” International Conference on Wooden Cultural Heritage: Evaluation of Deterioration and Management of Change, October 7–10, 2009. Link.

EXPERIENCE IN PROJECTS


 * Restoring the wooden panels from the Mastaba of Hesy-Ra in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir (Egyptian Museum and IFAO) (2021-2022)
 * Fayum portraits Realism or Idealization : Reconstruction of the  faces based on the Ct Scans  of the mummies housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo- University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. Poland (2020-2022).
 * Evaluation of Heritage Impact Assessment of Construction of the New Ring Road on the Giza Plateau (UNESCO 2018)The Hydrological Problems in Historical Cairo (UNESCO 2018)
 * The State of conservation of Deir St. Catherine- Theoretical study (UNESCO 2018)
 * Evaluation of Present Effects on Wadi al-Natron Heritage Zone (UNESCO & Ministry of Antiquities 2019)
 * SWOT Analysis for Wadi al Natron Heritage Zone (UNESCO & Ministry of Antiquities)
 * Coordinator for conservation and principal conservator for Egyptian Museum Coffin Conservation project (EMCCP) 2018-2020.
 * Coordinator for conservation and principal conservator European project- Transforming Egyptian Museum 2018-2020  Member of Grand Egyptian Museum Joint Project GEM-JICA, (2016-2019).
 * Principal Investigator for the project Études archéométriques des P. Ifao oxy. (With Dr. Ruey LinChang) (2017-2019).
 * Member of the IFAO Archaeological Mission at Philadelphia in the Fayum. (2016-2020)
 * An Archeometric and conservation project for “The First Boat in Egypt” (IFAO and the Grand Egyptian Museum) (2012-2016)
 * An Archeometric project for the Second Cheops Boat (NPO Institute of the Solar Boar and the Grand Egyptian Museum: “assessment the percentage of cellulose in the wooden samples” (2012- 2016)                                   EMPLOYMENT: 2019 – Present: Conservator of Organic Materials and Archaeometrist at Cairo Egyptian Museum & Grand Egyptian Museum  2017 – 2019: Member at the Technical Office of the Antiquities Minister  2010 – 2017: Archaeometrist and organic conservator – Grand Egyptian Museum, Conservation Center  Jan 2010 – Feb 2010: Conservator of Organic Materials & Archaeometrist, Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO), at Aiyn al-Sokhna.  Jun 2009: Conservator (mural paintings & wood) Shorbagy Company (Project of the Step Pyramid and the South Tomb – Saqqara.  Sep 2008: Conservator (mural paintings) Kansai University – Mural painting conservation (Edot tomb-Saqqara). 2007-2008: Conservator (Ornaments-Stucco-Metals-Gypsum-Wood-Ceramic) The Arab Contractors Company(Projects of Serapeum and Abdeen Palace Conservation)

LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER SKILLS


 * French: Speaking Writing Excellent
 * English: Speaking Writing Fluent
 * German: Speaking Writing Fair
 * Greek: Speaking Writing Basics


 * 1) Digital Skills: ICDL
 * 2) Excellent Communication Skills
 * 3)  Excellent Public Relation Skills
 * 4) Excellent Presentation Skills

(I gained through my experience as lecturer and as conservator working on international level)

SELECTED ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

1- Visiting Lecturer at International Digital University - Science in Egyptology

- Arhaeometry

- Nano technology

2- Lecturer at Ain-shams University- post Graduate Institute of Papyrus, Inscriptions & conservation Art (PIPIC)- Centre of Papyrological Studies & Inscriptions (CPSI) (2018-2019)


 * -  Techniques and conservation of wood
 * -  Microbiology
 * -  First Aid and preventive Conservation
 * -  Technique and conservation of oil painting
 * -  Application of software in the field of Archaeology

3- Lecturer at Must University for science and Technology in the following subjects: (2018-2019)


 * -  Techniques and conservation of Icons


 * -  Geoarchaeolog

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

1-“ Cleopatra VII and the Fragrance industry at ptolemaic Tell Timai ,Egypt “SAA 87 th Annual Meeting 1 April 2022, Chicago,lllinois, Society for American Archaeology

2-“ Application of the Raman Spectroscopy on Experimental Samples for studying behavior of Alchemies of scent Or Application of the Raman Spectroscopy on Experimental Samples for studying behavior of the ancient perfumes”International Conference Colloquia Ceranea, University of Łódź.

“The secret of Magic wands “, Tyumen University, School of advanced studies, 11March 2021.

3-  “Archaeometry and its application in Egyptology: case studies in Egyptian history”, AUC virtual

lecture, 24 November 2020.

4-  “Application of Raman Spectroscopy on Experimental Samples to study the behavior of natural binders in archaeological Coptic Icons”, 15th SEASAME Users Meeting (18th-19th

December,2017), Amman, Jordan,2017.

5-  “Analytical investigation on a Coptic wooden icon Dating back to 18th century”, Visiting scholar at Departamento de Química,Universidad de los Andes,Bogotá, Colombia, Mai-June2017.

6-  “Raman Spectroscopy towards a better understanding of Media behavior”,Visiting scholar at Departamento de Química,Universidad de los Andes,Bogotá, Colombia, Mai-June 2017.

7-  Archaeometric and Conservation Study for a predynastic object”,Visiting scholar at Departamento de Química,Universidad de los Andes,Bogotá, Colombia, Mai-June 2017.

8  “Archaeometric and Conservation Study for the predynastic ethnographic object”, FifthSymposium Bones, Ivory and Mother of Pearl through Ages 2 nd of May 2017.

9-  “Evaluation of Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) suitability for studying surface Morphology from collection from Grand Egyptian Museum”, Fifth Symposium Bones, Ivory and

Mother of Pearl through Ages 2 nd of May 2017.

10-  . “The evidences for identifying the Funerary objects”, Fifth Symposium Bones, Ivory andMother of Pearl through Ages 2 nd of May 2017.

11-  Application of the Raman spectroscopy on Experimental samples A better understanding of the media behavior ", the 7th international conference on optical spectroscopy, laser and their Applications, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt, 18-20October 2016

12-  “RTI study of the morphological surface of Egyptian apotropaic wands at the Grand Egyptian Museum. Conservation in 21st century Museums”,4th symposium of GEM-CC.P.23,16 – 17 February 2016.

13-  “Non-Invasive study of pigments used in an ancient Egyptian wooden model dating back to the Middle Kingdom "Conservation in 21st century Museums”,4th symposium of GEM-CC.P.19,16–17 Feburay2016

14-  “Study on the morphological surface of an Egyptian apotropaic wand at the Grand Egyptian Museum “, International Congress of Egyptologists XI,Florence, Italy, 23–30 August 2015, Florence Egyptian Museum

15-  . "Training Course on Papyrus Conservation II, Analysis and Investigation “, Grand Egyptian Museum, 23 April 2015

16-  “The History and Manufacture of Papyrus”,6– 14 November2013(a brief presentation of the training course, Papyrus II, Grand Egyptian Museum, 14 April2014.

17-  . "An Applied Archaeometric Study on the Evaluation of Chemical Degradation of Wooden Icons due to the Stratigraphic Structure and the Appropriate Treatment Methods Applied on a Selected Object dating back to the 18th Century”, IFAO Bourses égyptiens 2015 –20 November 2014

18- "Preliminary results for the Investigation and Analysis of the Abu Rawash Boat", JICA-Discussion with Prof.Dr. Andras Morgs. 2 July 2013.

19- "An Archaeometric and Archaeological study for ethnographic objects dating back to predynastic", Grand Egyptian Conservation Center Symposium, 18–19 March 2013.

20- "Preliminary results for Investigation and Analysis of the Abu Rawash Boat", Abu Rawash Boat Symposium, 13 March 2013.

SCIENTIFIC TRIPS

• “Users Meeting 15th SESAME Users Meeting: the visit to SESAME Synchrotron-Light for experimental Science and Applications in the Middle east .19 Decembre.2017.

• “Visiting scholar at Departamento de Química, Universidad de los Andes,Bogotá, Colombia, Mai- June2017.”

• "Delegation trip to Germany in 2016 in the field of Ancient History, Archaeology, Egyptology, Restoration, Cultural Heritage, Museology and the Archeology Related Material Sciences",26th November 2016 till 4 December 2016.

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

• January 2015 – Institut français d’archéologieorientale (IFAO), doctoral fellow scholarship December 2015 (boursier doctoral égyptien)

• ICOM2017 – Best conservation project – Abou Rowasch boat conservation