News

Announcements, exhibits, funding and media coverage of the project.

2019

News November 28, 2019

German news outlet features the Digital Rosetta Stone project

Germany’s MDR featured the Digital Rosetta Stone project on November 28, 2019, describing how the stone was scanned in 3D at the British Museum.

2015

News December 2, 2015

“Touch the Exhibits”: An on-line Virtual Reality exhibition of Dragons and Lions

A virtual reality exhibition of dragons and lions marked the inauguration of UF’s 12th president and introduced the DEA Virtual Museum’s touch and gesture interface.

2014

News March 18, 2014

NEH Blog for Congressional Staff features Digital Epigraphy

The NEH’s Humanities Insights blog for Congressional staff featured the project on March 18, 2014.

News January 8, 2014

Italian news outlet features the Digital Epigraphy project

Italian news portal JustNews.it covered the University of Florida–Cornell collaboration on 3D scanning and distributing inscriptions.

2013

News September 6, 2013

Inscriptions tele-transferred between U.S. universities and printed in 3D

UF and Cornell achieved the first tele-transfer of 3D inscriptions between universities, printing the transmitted artifacts in 3D.

News July 13, 2013

The DEA Virtual Museum opens in London Digital Classicist Seminar

The DEA Virtual Museum of World Heritage opened on July 12, 2013 during a lecture at the Digital Classicist Seminar in London.

News June 3, 2013

Embed 3D archaeological artifacts into your website or database

The project released the first HTML5 embeddable 3D epigraphic viewer, letting anyone embed 3D artifacts in their own website or database.

2011

News October 13, 2011