Cultural heritage

A violin and organ sonata linking music, history and science

The European Synchrotron (ESRF) is the world’s first fourth-generation, high-energy synchrotron since completion of the EBS (Extremely Brilliant Source). The unparalleled capabilities were tested in 2020 on a violin belonging […]

Local collaboration for the analysis of ancient Egyptian papyrus

Unique insights into the composition of pigments used on ancient Egyptian papyrus fragments have been revealed by a complementary multi-technique approach implemented by researchers from the European Synchrotron (ESRF) and […]