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Application of Analytic Signal and Euler Deconvolution in Archaeo-Magnetic Prospection for Buried Ruins at the Ancient City of Pelusium, NW Sinai, Egypt: A Case Study |
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| Authors: | Akram Mekhael Aziz William August Sauck El-Arabi Hendi Shendi Mohamed Ahmed Rashed Mohamed Abd El-Maksoud |
| Institution: | 1. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt 2. Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, USA 3. Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt 4. Department of Geophysics, King Abdulaziz University, Jidda, Saudi Arabia 5. Supreme Council of Egyptian Antiquities, Ministry of Culture, Abassia, Cairo, Egypt |
| Abstract: | Progress in the past three decades in geophysical data processing and interpretation techniques was particularly focused in the field of aero-geophysics. The present study is to demonstrate the application of some of these techniques, including Analytic Signal, Located Euler Deconvolution, Standard Euler Deconvolution, and 2D inverse modelling, to help in enhancing and interpreting the archeo-magnetic measurements. A high-resolution total magnetic field survey was conducted at the ancient city of Pelusium (name derived from the ancient Pelusiac branch of the Nile, and recently called Tell el-Farama), located in the northwestern corner of the Sinai Peninsula. The historical city had served as a harbour throughout the Egyptian history. Different ruins at the site have been dated back to late Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman, Byzantine, Coptic, and Islamic periods. An area of 10,000 m2, to the west of the famous huge red brick citadel of Pelusium, was surveyed using the magnetic method. The chosen location was recommended by the Egyptian archaeologists, where they suspected the presence of buried foundations of a temple to the gods Zeus and Kasios. The interpretation of the results revealed interesting shallow-buried features, which may represent the Temple’s outer walls. These walls are elongated in the same azimuth as the northern wall of the citadel, which supports the hypothesis of a controlling feature such as a former seacoast or shore of a distributary channel. |
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