3D online library of ancient Egyptian collection

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140501-ucl-petrie-museum-puts-3d-scans-of-ancient-egyptian-collection-online.html

by mkempe • 12 years ago

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lawlessone• 12 years ago

Someone print them :-)

NIL8• 12 years ago

I laughed at your comment and then, a light came on. What if I could create an Indiana Jones office.

There goes my summer.

stugrey• 12 years ago

Some great work by my colleagues at UCL. We also scanned Sir Isaac Newton's death mask

http://uclgeomatics.com/2014/02/07/sir-isaac-newton-in-3d/

7952• 12 years ago

Really cool work. Would be nice to have a scale bar or something to get a sense of scale.

neotrinity• 12 years ago

would have been nice if they added a radiocarbon dating of the artefacts too

JoeAltmaier• 12 years ago

Is radiocarbon appropriate for things less than hundreds of thousands of years old?

Jtsummers• 12 years ago

Just looked it up again to verify my memory. Most sources I can find indicate that it's really only useful for up to 40-50k years back. Beyond that, the amount of carbon-14 is too low to get a good measurement. You'd need to use other (non-carbon) isotope ratios to get ages further back in time.

http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/capabilities/gronemtrac/geochron/...

via

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology...

psolo• 12 years ago

Yes, see: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/44683433_Radiocarbon... which is somewhat relevant.

3D online library of ancient Egyptian collection

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