Digital preservation of lost Iraqi art

[Brian G Turner]

The BBC reports on a project that's currently creating 3D models of archaeological treasures believed destroyed by ISIS in Iraq:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32742622

 

[BAYLOR]

An Image is better then nothing.

It's too bad that so much valuable history has been destroyed by that pact of thinking challenged ISIS morons.

 

[Gramm838]

It helps to assuage the cowardice of the western (and other) powers...instead of actually doing something about it, we have digital copies on the internet! Yay!