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Showing posts with label Modern technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modern technology. Show all posts

Friday, April 19, 2013

Modern Tech to Be Used in Exploring Mexico’s Teotihuacan Ancient Site


A robot will soon begin exploring the last stretch of a tunnel found at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan in central Mexico , the third time anywhere in the world that such an automaton is used to design excavation strategies.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Archaeologists Shine New Light On Easter Island Statue


A team of archaeologists from the University of Southampton have used the latest in digital imaging technology to record and analyse carvings on the Easter Island statue Hoa Hakananai'a.

Ancient Roman Man Hidden Beneath Famous Painting at the Louvre


Apr. 10, 2013 — In the latest achievement in efforts to see what may lie underneath the surface of great works of art, scientists have described the first use of an imaging technology like that used in airport whole-body security scanners to detect the face of an ancient Roman man hidden below the surface of a wall painting in the Louvre Museum in Paris.