3d scanned historical artifacts
World’s Oldest Ham Gets an Updated 3D Print of Itself for 116th Birthday
P.D. Gwaltney Jr. may have been a bit eccentric, but he was certainly a creative and resourceful thinker. Gwaltney, whose family was a major producer of salted pork in the…
3D Scanning Reveals Details of Ancient Scottish Standing Stone
On the northeast edge of the town of Forres in Moray, Scotland stands a 21-foot-tall stone known as Sueno’s Stone. Experts have described the stone, which dates back to the…
Easter Island Moai to be Digitally Preserved with 3D Scanning Technology
Many people often refer to them simply as “Easter Island statues” or “Easter Island heads” but the giant humanoid statues on Polynesia’s Easter Island are actually called moai. Carved by…
3D Scanning Technology from Artec 3D Provides a Closer Look at Bones from Ancient China
One of the greatest aspects of the latest technologies is the ability to use it to delve more deeply into the past. Turning back the pages of history books, 3D…
Beautiful Vietnamese Monument Digitally Preserved in High Detail by VR3D
The combination of 3D scanning and virtual reality technology has an impact that’s almost magical. The technology has become so advanced, so realistic, that it can take us inside places…
3D Printed Replicas of ISIS-Destroyed Temple to be Constructed in New York City and London
In the year AD 32, the people of Palmyra, Syria began constructing a temple that would be consecrated to the Semitic god Bel and become the epicenter of the city’s religious…
3D Scanning Helps Restore King Tutankhamun’s Broken Beard After a Botched Repair Job
While most people know him as his more colloquially familiar name King Tut, King Tutankhamun is unarguably one of the most famous of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs. Despite only being…
