• Smell of Egyptian Mummified Bodies Prized as “the Most Excellent Research Achievement”

    |December 14th, 2025|

    Every year, the University of Ljubljana selects ten most prominent research achievements among the proposals received from its faculties, based on aspects including impact, comprehensiveness, and applicability. This year, our research on ancient Egyptian mummified bodies: an interdisciplinary analysis of their smell was selected as one of them. The aim of our research was to [...]

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  • Are VOCs a Criterion for Archival Box Suitability?

    |December 14th, 2025|

    Researchers at HSLL have recently published a new study titled “Quality Assessment of Box Materials for Long-Term Archival Storage: VOC Emissions Are Not a Significant Concern”. The lead author is Randa Deraz, PhD researcher exploring the principles of lifetime modelling in the context of archival storage and preventive conservation. The research was carried out in [...]

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  • MATRES – Material Resilience in Times of Environmental and Social Change

    |November 28th, 2025|

    • examines resilience through a broad and integrated approach that includes landscapes, materials, human bodies, and digital technologies.
    • development of a digital twin to support hypothesis testing, scenario planning and decision-making for sustainable cultural heritage management and spatial planning.

    Role in the project: Project Partner
    Funding: University of Ljubljana (UL) – VIP MATRES (€ 2.275m)
    Duration: 1.11.2025 – 31.10.2030

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