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[-] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 131 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What I would like to know is if tablets like this are being scanned digitally into three dimensions so that they can be reproduced. I feel like everything we find from antiquity needs to be scanned this way. With humans constantly going to war destroying history, I'd hate the idea of losing things like this forever.

UPDATE: And thus a journey down the interwebs rabbit hole begins. I need better internet and PC to check this out more later, but answering my own question, here's the entrance to the rabbit hole should others wish to venture with a few examples:

[-] lemmingnosis@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

Didn’t all kinds of antiquities get destroyed in Iraq? Totally irreplaceable stuff.

As you alluded, probably common in many places. How sad.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

A lot was destroyed but a lot of it was looted and and sold to sleazy collectors. Remember when the guy who owns Hobby Lobby got caught buying looted artifacts?

Still horrible, obviously, but at least there’s some hope looted items will be recovered.

[-] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 10 months ago

I wonder how many artifacts could be recovered if we could search all the rich people mansions...

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