Treatment and conservation operations are considered the most important processes for preserving cultural heritage collections, in particular archaeological textiles. This re-search outlines the methods used for treating and preserving an ancient piece of linen tex-tile recovered from the Qusayr excavations in the Red Sea. The piece was cleaned using the traditional detergent “Orvus WA Paste surfac-tant”, and then, it was ... Read more

Silver is an effective antimicrobial agent with low toxicity, which is important especially in the treatment of burn wounds where transient bacteremia is prevalent. In this research, the green method was employed to synthesis silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The synthesized AgNPs were characterized using IR, XRD, DLS and UV/Visible Spectrophotometery. XRD pattern of AgNPs has a face‐centered cubic (FCC) form and ... Read more