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Shape-From-Shading 3D reconstruction On-Line Tool
An open-source, cloud-based tool that reconstructs the 3D surface of squeezes, seals and other inscribed objects from photos taken under different lighting.
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Digitization campaigns, tools and collaborations, from the Rosetta Stone to squeezes, seals, manuscripts and sculpture.
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3D Scanning the Rosetta Stone
In 2018 a University of Florida and Leipzig team scanned the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum, producing a high-resolution 2D and 3D map of its inscribed surface.
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Digitization of inscriptions from the Aleshire collection
A pilot with UC Berkeley’s Aleshire Center digitized paper squeezes of Greek inscriptions in 3D to push shape-from-shading to its limits.
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Digitization of Sculptures from the Museo Nazionale Romano
Statues from the Palazzo Altemps in Rome were digitized with low-cost infrared depth sensors and made searchable by pose instead of keywords.
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The E-STAMPAGES project
A French–American collaboration, backed by a €53,500 BSN5 grant, to digitize and publish nearly 8,000 Greek inscription squeezes online.
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Historical documents of Abraham Lincoln digitized in 3D
Embossed stationery marks on Abraham Lincoln documents, including Cornell’s Gettysburg Address, were digitized in 3D with Cornell and the Library of Congress.
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Important artifacts from The National Archives [UK] now digitized in 3D
Seals, medals and lace samples from the 13th to 16th centuries, held by The National Archives (UK), were digitized in 3D in a joint pilot.
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Digital Epigraphy Toolbox
The NEH-funded web toolbox for digitizing epigraphic squeezes in 3D and studying inscriptions online, now succeeded by the shape-from-shading online tool.