(no pic of the actual surfaces)SFU geography professor Nick Hedley. Photo Credit: Simon Fraser University
Posted on 04/11/2023 9:26:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Simon Fraser University researchers are learning more about ancient graffiti—and their intriguing comparisons to modern graffiti—as they produce a state-of-the-art 3D recording of the Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt.
Working with the University of Ottawa, the researchers published their early findings in Egyptian Archaeology and have returned to Philae to advance the project...
As an expert in spatial reality capture, Hedley leads the team's innovative visualization efforts, documenting the graffiti, their architectural context, and the spaces they are found in using advanced methods like photogrammetry, raking light, and laser scanning...
With hundreds if not thousands of graffiti, some carved less than a millimeter deep on the temple's columns, walls, and roof, precision is essential.
Typically, the graffiti would be recorded through a series of photographs — a step above hand-drawn documents — allowing researchers to take pieces of the site away and continue working.
Sabrina Higgins, an SFU archaeologist and project co-investigator, says photographs and two-dimensional plans do not allow the field site to be viewed as a dynamic, multi-layered, and evolving space.
Hedley is moving beyond basic two-dimensional imaging to create a cutting-edge three-dimensional recording of the temple’s entire surface. This will allow the interior and exterior of the temple, and the graffiti, to be viewed and studied at otherwise impossible viewpoints, from virtually anywhere— without compromising detail.
This three-dimensional visualization will also enable researchers to study the relationship between a figural graffito, any graffiti that surrounds it, and its location in relation to the structure of temple architecture.
While this is transformative for viewing and studying the temple and its inscriptions, Hedley points to the big-picture potential of applying spatial reality capture technology to the field of archaeology, and beyond.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfu.ca ...
(no pic of the actual surfaces)SFU geography professor Nick Hedley. Photo Credit: Simon Fraser University
Agree 100%.
Your Grant Money at work....results....worthless...
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Your usual post, worthless.
I wonder if they found one that said “Trump Won!”
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I wonder if Waldo got a cartouche. Or maybe Kilroy.
Always enjoy these archeology stories. Would have been nice, however, if the original source article had posted at least a token example of said graffiti.
Yeah, as noted, kinda sucks that they didn’t. They got the two eggheads, but didn’t show any samples.
Search for “Kilroy was here”.
The problem with ancient Egyptian phones is, the dial is HUGE.
Recording graffiti is difficult, because a lot of it is just written.
AND THE LONG DISTANCE CHARGES WERE HUMONGOUS!..................
“Kilroy was here.”
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