ancient Egypt
3D Printing in Africa: A Look into Egypt’s 3D Printing Landscape
Egypt has enjoyed a fairly good share of experiencing 3D printing technology and is making pretty good use of it. Recreating Egyptian mummy faces and bringing Ancient Egypt back to…
Remaking Egypt: The Resurrection of the Tomb of Seti I Through 3D Scanning and 3D Printing
Egypt captures the imagination like no other place on earth, rich in ancient treasures and tantalizing mysteries. The tombs of the golden faced pharaohs preserved for eternity with their impassive…
ScanPyramids Uses 3D Scanning and Virtual Reality to Provide Immersive Learning Experience
Scientists from the Egypto-international ScanPyramids Project recently uncovered a 30-meter long chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza (Khufu Pyramid) and they’re calling it “ScanPyramids Big Void.” This is the first…
Ubisoft Marks the Release of Latest Assassin’s Creed Installment with a 3D Printed Gaming Sarcophagus
The words “gaming” and “sarcophagus” aren’t generally ones that you would expect to be put together, but why not? Tomorrow, October 27th, marks the release of the latest entry in…
Museum of Discovery and Science Welcomes Traveling Egyptian Exhibit, Featuring “Annie” the Mummy and Her 3D Printed Skeleton
One of my all time favorite movies is The Mummy…the 1999 version starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz (to all the purists out there, I’ve never seen the original with Boris…
3D Printing Reveals the Youthful Face of a 2,000-Year-Old Woman
It seems to be Mummy Week in the 3D printing world. Just the other day, we covered a story about a Maidstone Museum project that will use 3D printing to…
3D Technologies Digitally Unwrap Mummies’ Secrets
There is something almost magically fascinating about mummies. Apart from the somewhat macabre notion that you are staring at the wrappings of a dead body, there are notions of the whispered…
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…
Scan Pyramids: International Research Team Attempts to See Inside the Pyramids with 3D Scanning and Other Technologies
One of Superman’s superpowers is his X-Ray vision, inspiring countless children with superhero aspirations to declare that they, too, can see through walls. Little did the children of my generation…
Museum Exhibit Displays 3D Printed Mummies
What do sarcophagi, 3D printing, and beer mugs have to do with each other? No, it’s not a theme for a new restaurant, it’s a traveling exhibit currently in residence at…
