This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of the current work which curators, conservators and scientists have conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum. 12 months after publication, the articles of each bulletin are uploaded onto the British Museum website for public viewing.
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David Saunders
The image revealed: study and conservation of a mid-nineteenth-century Ethiopian church painting
Heidi Cutts, Lynne Harrison, Catherine Higgitt and Pippa Cruickshank
Coatings and contents: investigations of residues on four fragmentary sixth-century BC vessels from Naukratis (Egypt)
Rebecca Stacey, Caroline Cartwright, Satoko Tanimoto and Alexandra Villing
A gold four-horse model chariot from the Oxus Treasure: a fine illustration of Achaemenid goldwork
Aude Mongiatti, Nigel Meeks and St John Simpson
The 'Treu Head': a case study in Roman sculptural polychromy
Giovanni Verri, Thorsten Opper and Thibaut Deviese
Change and stasis: the technology of Dark Age metalwork from the Carpathian Basin
Paul Craddock, Michael Cowell, Duncan Hook, Michael Hughes, Susan La Niece and Nigel Meeks
Investigating the construction methods of an opus vermiculatum mosaic panel
Melina Smirniou, Giovanni Verri, Paul Roberts, Andrew Meek and Michela Spataro
Assessing the effects of alkaline desalination treatments for archaeological iron using scanning electron microscopy
Melanie Rimmer and Quanyu Wang
Colour holography of the oldest known work of art from Wales
Hans Bjelkhagen and Jill Cook
New light on old swords from Iran
St John Simpson and Susan La Niece
