Archaeology Institute Fighting British Museum over 3D Scans of Parthenon Marbles

Re:Archaeology Institute Fighting British Museum over 3D Sca... by a2tech on Monday May 23, 2022 @08:26AM (#31478100)

I think people love to treat the British Museum like some sort of mustache twiddling villains but in reality its just run by people that are intensely devoted to caring for the collection and history.

I have the utmost faith that if this group had been vouched for by reputable institutions and historians, had the funding, and had something novel to do (non-destructively) with an object in their collection the curators would have been more than supportive.

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Re:Archaeology Institute Fighting British Museum over 3D Sca... by bee_rider on Monday May 23, 2022 @09:29AM (#31478769)

Is the IDA non-reputable?

> Founded in 2012, the IDA is a joint venture between Harvard University, Oxford University, and Dubai’s Museum of the Future, focused on digital imaging techniques in archaeology. It digitally reconstructed Palmyra’s third century “Triumphal Arch”, which was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2015.

I don't know anything about the Dubai Museum of the Future, but the other two are pretty reputable institutions, unless there's something I'm missing.

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Re:Archaeology Institute Fighting British Museum over 3D Sca... by hawksprite on Monday May 23, 2022 @08:57AM (#31478395)

Fair enough. But most of this is still unnecessary.

All that should be a requirement for visual access to scan the artifact is just being non-destructive in my opinion.

I can’t image a justifiable reason to prevent this person from scanning for any reason beyond physically protecting the museum.

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