Archaeology & History Articles

Download and 3D-Print 18,000 Artifacts from Art History through Scan the World

“Scan the World might be one of the only institutions where visitors are encouraged to handle the most-valued sculptures and artifacts from art history. . The open-source museum hosts an impressive archive of 18,000 digital scans—the eclectic collection spans...

Scientists Make 3000-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy Talk, After Recreating Its Vocals

Whenever we look at mummified bodies or bodies of people buried hundreds of years ago, we often try to imagine what they’d look like, the way they’d live their life in that era and even what they would sound like. . Well, it looks like scientists have tried to solve...

Cretaceous Bird Fossil: Researchers Use 3D Technologies to Reveal Beak Developments

An international team of researchers led by Ohio University (OU) Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Professor Patrick O’Connor announced the discovery of a Late Cretaceous crow-sized stem bird from Madagascar with a long and deep beak morphology that was...

Former Browns Running Back Restores Nearly 200-Year-Old Menorah with 3D Printing

From artwork and historic buildings to monuments and other priceless artifacts , technologies like 3D scanning and 3D printing are often called on to help restore and preserve touchstones of history. . A recent example is a 193-year-old sterling silver menorah that...