Thousands of years old, Baghad endured from the 18th until the 6th century BC. Of great historical significance for all of the world, Babylon of course is of special significance to Iraq due to its proximity–and many there worry about the threat of Babylon’s further demise due to organized terrorist threats like ISIS. There is little money or support for the preservation of the ancient city, once a thriving urban center in a long-ago world. As war and strife have visited itself upon the area perpetually, its ruins are of large concern to historians and citizens both in Iraq and around the globe.
“Shining 3D endeavors to make more breakthroughs in 3D technology in the archaeological area,” states the Shining 3D team in their latest press release. “And we believe the establishment of the digital model and information storage for cultural relics and archaeological sites by using the computer technology has a broader research and application prospect with the further development of 3D scanning and 3D printing technology.”
This certainly couldn’t be a better example of global teamwork, working to save geographic and cultural history, as well as citizens of different countries working together in both teaching and learning contemporary new skillsets that offer so much benefit for archiving and preservation. Through their efforts, all involved are being rewarded with the enormous benefits 3D printing technology offers, from a self-sustainability angle in being to handle a project of this scope that’s only made possible due to accessibility, user-friendliness, and capability of the tools.
We’ve seen 3D scanning and 3D printing being used in other operations around the world to preserve ancient artifacts, such as the Million Image Database and Project Mosul. Discuss this story in the 3D Printing Iraq forum thread on 3DPB.com.