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From Ancient Egypt to Immersive 3D Experience
Dassault Systemes (maker of 3D modeling and design programs include SolidWorks) has debuted an astonishing new archaeological project. They call it Giza3D. Go see it for yourself here. You can experience it a few different ways, but I would suggest downloading the necessary 3D software plugin and seeing it in all of its glory. The possibilities already being realized by...
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Living Tradition – Sea Shanties on YouTube
I have a long running fascination with living history museums and demonstrations of traditional skills. Places like Mystic Seaport give me goosebumps, and I never tire of watching people practice a traditional trade and bring history to life. I fell under the spell of sea shanties a while back and quickly discovered Ranzo, the YouTube shantyman. Visit his channel, watch his...
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The Power of Replicas, Part 2
Visiting Batavia was an unforgettable experience, moving on many levels that I...
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The Power of Replicas, Part 1
This post, and its sequel, were inspired by the travel writings of my good...
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Shipwrecks and Video Games
Unity, the 3D game engine, is gaining some traction in the scholarly...
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A Solution to the Treasure Hunting P...
Treasure hunters and archaeologists never get along. They are both after...
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Going Mainstream
In order for our discipline to be viable and relevant into the future, we need...
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3D Shipwrecks
Last week I attended the Society for Historical Archaeology annual...
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The Piscataqua – a New Gundalo...
On December 10, 2011 a beautiful replica of a uniquely American vessel...
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Carpark Whalers
Carpark Whalers This is the kind of thing that gives me goosebumps. A week...
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Swedish East Indiaman Gotheborg
Some excellent production value in this video, promoting the replica...
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Charlotte: A Wooden Boat Story
I first found out about this via http://www.oldsaltblog.com This is an...
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More Academic Branding
I think it is important to have a clear vision of what it is that you are...
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Academic Branding
We have got to sell something in order to make a living. Academics tend to...
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Embedded 3D Images in PDFs
The Netherlands Institute for the Near East has published a report (PDF) in...