
Fig. 6. Qantir, Egypt. A palace of Ramses II. The mud brick
walls are made by material of different magnetic susceptibility. This explains
why they show up in some part as a positive (black) and also as a negative (white)
anomaly. However, the bases of the columns were made of sand and limestone and
show always a negative (white) anomaly. Magnetometer survey with Smartmag SM4G-Special
caesium-magnetometer, sensitivity ± 10 Picotesla, variometer (duo-sensor) configuration,
40 × 40 m grid, spatial resolution
12.5 × 50 cm, interpolated
to 25 × 25 cm, intensity of
total Earth's magnetic field at the site: 43.280 ± 20 nT, date 10/1998, angle
of dip +45°, grey shade plot in 256 greyscales from positive (black) to white
(negative)