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SUBMITTER: Diaz-Herraiz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3595702 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diaz-Herraiz Marta M Jurado Valme V Cuezva Soledad S Laiz Leonila L Pallecchi Pasquino P Tiano Piero P Sanchez-Moral Sergio S Saiz-Jimenez Cesareo C
Scientific reports 20130101
The paintings from Tomba della Scimmia, in Tuscany, are representative of the heavy bacterial colonization experienced in most Etruscan necropolises. The tomb remained open until the late 70's when it was closed because of severe deterioration of the walls, ceiling and paintings after decades of visits. The deterioration is the result of environmental changes and impacts suffered since its discovery in 1846. We show scanning electron microscopy and molecular studies that reveal the extent and na ...[more]