Comment on K. Zoghlami’s Investigating Production Technology and Raw Material Sourcing in 17th-Century Bricks of Ghar El Melh Fortress (Tunisia) Through Geo Archaeological Analytical Techniques

Abstract

In a newly published paper, entitled “Investigating Production Technology and Raw Material Sourcing in 17th-Century Bricks of Ghar El Melh Fortress (Tunisia) Through Geo archaeological Analytical Techniques”, Zoghlami et al. (2024) present the results of some Geo archaeological Analytical Techniques treating Bricks of Ghar El Melh Fortress (Tunisia). Consequently, the authors propose a new updated geological map, lithographically column and structural scheme. After many notifications from colleagues, I opened the paper of Karima et al., 2024 and unfortunately I’m surprised and I was disappointed by the apparent scientific theft without mentioning the source/reference, as well as the intentional inclusion of false and omitted information that has no connection to field reality essentially in the structural part which was injected into the article without any interest. Moreover, the writers strive to discuss the structural scheme and provide a new update in certain sections of the manuscript. Regarding this, I'm curious about the connection between 17th-century archaeology work and geological sections and structural scheme that present the accumulation of decades of million years.