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How scientists reconstructed a huge statue of Emperor Constantine the Great in Rome
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10/02/2024
The ancient 11-metre structure was recreated using high tech software to scan a handful of surviving fragments.
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So the process basically begins with the high resolution photogrammetry.
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So this is, it is photography but it's capturing form not image.
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So we're actually recording all of the elements, the fragments that exist at sub-millimetric levels of detail.
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From then there's a whole phase in the computer where we're digitally modelling in organic modelling software.
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And then we're 3D printing to return this back from digital data into physical data at a 1 to 1 scale.
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And from then it's really traditional craft skills.
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I have a whole team of moulders and casters and physical modelers who put this back together.
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I love the fact that the fragments, the real fragments are still in the courtyard and the facsimile of the fragments are here.
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And people can see them in both places and they can understand this as an interpretation with the knowledge we have now.
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