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| 3D cameras to record Middle Eastern monuments | |
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| CJ | Aug 29 2015, 09:11 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34085546 Cameras capable of taking 3D images are to be given out across the Middle East in a bid to preserve ancient sites from destruction by Islamic State group. Thousands of residents will be asked to capture images as part of a project by Oxford and Harvard archaeologists. The photos should allow academics to use 3D printers to build replicas of damaged buildings and artefacts. There is said to be a renewed urgency after a temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra was destroyed by IS militants. The project by the Institute for Digital Archaeology intends to distribute up to 5,000 cameras in conflict zones across the world and capture about one million images of at-risk objects by the end of 2016. "This is a race against time," its executive director Roger Michel told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme. "We've changed our timetable in recognition of the places being destroyed." Sounds like a good plan, but let's hope it ultimately isn't necessary. (Although, even if it isn't, I expect the images could be of great use to museums elsewhere) |
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