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Cafe Science Presents: Imaging and Conservation of Cultural Heritage: The Dead Sea Scrolls
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Oct 7, 2013
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Imaging and Conservation of Cultural Heritage:
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Greg Bearman, MA’75, PhD’76, Imaging Technology Consultant, Israel Antiquities Authority
Everything falls apart. Entropy always wins.
Decay affects even the objects and places that make up the world’s cultural heritage — paintings like Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, statues like Michelangelo’s David, archeological sites like Machu Picchu and ancient texts like the Dead Sea Scrolls. Modern digital imaging methods are now being used to measure, monitor and quantify changes in art objects, helping conservators and site managers understand both what is changing and the rate of change.
Bearman will show how experts draw on digital technology and imaging to monitor cultural treasures around the world, focusing in particular on the Dead Sea Scrolls, portions of which are currently on exhibit at the Museum of Science, Boston.
