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Hilary Wilson on…The next best thing
Hilary Wilson explores the preservation of Egypt’s cultural heritage through replicas – the next best thing to visiting the monuments themselves.
Artificial intelligence rethinks the past: How computers are reconstructing Etruscan and Roman landscapes
What can artificial intelligence bring to archaeology? Maurizio Forte introduces recent work dedicated to reconstructing ancient landscapes, and weighs some of the risks and rewards.
Research sheds new light on WWI U-boat’s final moments
A U-boat that sank off the coast of Germany at the end of the First World War was most likely scuttled, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Dundee believe they have established what happened to UC-71, which…
The face of Ramesses II
A team from the Liverpool John Moores University ‘Face Lab’ and the University of Cairo have created reconstructions of the face of Ramesses II at the ages of 45 and 90. The images were created using computed tomography (CT) data,…
Face of Ramesses II reconstructed
3D reconstruction work has enabled researchers to put a face to Rameses II, one of Egpyt's most powerful pharaohs, 3,300 years after his death.
CA Letters October 2021
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