As part of research on dedication plaques that survived from the synagogues in the city of Cochin, a tombstone was discovered on the back of one of the plaques. After examination, it was determined to date from the year 1215—making it the oldest tombstone discovered...
Last month, Prof. Caine and Michael Maggen were invited to participate in the exhibition “Transparent Laboratory,” devoted to the topic of digital imaging technologies as a tool for non-invasive conservation and analysis. The meeting was hosted by Sharon Tager, head...
The Jerusalem Institute for Research and Digital Documentation of Cultural Heritage recently attended the annual conference of the Israel Society for the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Property, in which Prof. Caine presented a lecture on The Principle of...
The Jerusalem Institute and the JMC International School attended a conference on cultural heritage and BIM (Building Information Modeling) technology at Hochschule Mainz, Germany. The conference, hosted by Prof. Piotr Kuroczyński, head of the School of Architecture,...
DStretch (Decorrelation Stretch) is a technique used to enhance and emphasize subtle and similar colors in an image where the differences are difficult to discern. Decorrelation Stretch amplifies these differences, making the colors more distinct and easier to...
Advanced digital imaging methods applied by Professor Moshe Caine and Dr. Doron Altaratz of the Jerusalem Institute for Research and Digital Documentation of Cultural Heritage at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem helped conceive and propose the reading of old...