Back in 2015, The British Museum gave the world online access to the Rosetta Stone, along with 4,700 other artifacts in the great London museum. But that access was only in 2D.
Now they’ve upped the ante and published a 3D model of the Rosetta Stone and 200+ other essential items in the museum’s collections. “This scan was part of our larger attempt to capture as many of our iconic pieces from the collection — and indeed the unseen in store objects — and make them available for people to view in 3D or in more tactile forms,” Daniel Pett, a British Museum adviser told Digital Trends.
Other 3D models you might want to check out include the granite head of Amenemhat III, a portrait bust of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, and a statue of Roy, High Priest of Amun.
Note: If you put your mouse on the objects and swivel on your trackpad, you can see different sides of the artifacts. Created with a company called Sketchfab, the 3D models are all available to download. You can also see them in virtual reality. (Look for the little “View in VR” icon at the bottom of each image.)
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This is absolutely amazing.,
Not only the quality of the way it’s been done, with the light shifting as you move it, but the resolution and detail it’s possible to see. On a touch device you feel as if you have these objects actually in your hands.
Every now and again,once on a while on the Internet, you see something that you know has changed the game. The future of museums is right here.