News and Events

July 31, 2014
In late July 2014 Anikó Bezur, Gwénaëlle Kavich and Jens Stenger presented a poster on the discovery of an unusual chloride compound called challacolloite on the surface and...
June 30, 2014
Dr. Pablo Londero is IPCH’s newest associate conservation scientist. He joins IPCH from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City, where, from 2011 - 2014, he...
Gongju, Korea
May 19, 2014
Tuesday May 20 - Friday, May 23, 2014 Kongju National University, Gongju, Republic of Korea Stefan Simon, Director of the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage...
Analysis of Fayum portrait using a portable XRF. J.P. Getty Museum collection.
May 15, 2014
2014 Workshop November 18-21, 2014 Getty Villa 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 The XRF Bootcamp, previously held at the Institute for the...
YUAG 1854.1. Visible light, Human-headed genie watering sacred tree
May 6, 2014
Jens Stenger, associate conservation scientist at the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, is interviewed by Yale News regarding his research into the...
YUAG 1936.45 Visible light, painted limestone relief depicting Maat. Vial of Egyptian blue pigment on the left. (photo credit: Jens Stenger)
April 25, 2014
Ancient Pigment, New Discoveries: Egyptian Blue By Megan Salas, IPCH Research Assistant The pigment known as “Egyptian blue” (CaCuSi4O10)[1] is the oldest manmade pigment and...