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3D Scans Of Ancient Tablets

Posted by timothy on from the less-crumbly dept.

clonebarkins writes "The BBC is reporting on a new project to create 3D scans of ancient tablets written in cuneiform. They are using software from Kestrel 3D. Just wait till Project Gutenberg gets a hold of these!"

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  1. Just wait till Project Gutenberg gets a hold... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh yeah. So all the formatting can be completely destroyed and the text can be shoehorned into 80 column format. No thanks, I'll get my texts as bootlegs as the bootleggers on alt.whatever.ebook put a lot more care into the formatting of their texts.

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  2. not my joke by L.+VeGas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cuneiform is awl write.

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  3. Well... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Many of the tablets are very delicate. But when you use a laser it doesn't harm the surface at all. The museum is expecting to have the results of the experiment soon. If it proves successful, Dr Finkel said large parts of the museum's collection could be made available online."

    Dr. Evil> Or completely obliterated and burned to a shard by a friggin laser beam.

  4. Hmmm by tsa · · Score: 2, Funny

    This reminds me of that book by Terry Pratchett (The Fifth Elephant) in which the original sacret Scone of Stone on which the new dwarf kings are crowned turned out to be made of chalk with a thin layer of paint to make it look like stone.

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