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Ancient Egyptian Coffins in 3D: Digital Analysis, Visualization, and Dissemination


 
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1. Title Title of document Ancient Egyptian Coffins in 3D: Digital Analysis, Visualization, and Dissemination - Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Rita Lucarelli; University of California at Berkeley;
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Kea Johnston; University of California, Berkeley;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Archaeology; Cultural Heritage
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) heritage preservation; cultural destruction; heritage destruction; destruction of ancient monuments; archaeological site loss; at-risk cultural heritage; digital archaeology; conservation; global heritage
 
5. Subject Subject classification cultural heritage; anthropology; archaeology; information science
 
6. Description Abstract This chapter discusses the importance of digital data capture techniques such as digital photogrammetry for expanding access to texts carved on Egyptian sarcophagi by creating collections of digitized large mortuary objects. Such large objects are often stored in museum warehouses and not easily shared with scholars and the public. By providing a thorough explanation of the digital techniques and results of the “Book of the Dead in 3D” project at UC Berkeley, this chapter highlights the significance of conducting text analysis on the 3D models of the coffins by creating interactive annotations--including text transcription and translation of the magical spells--on the digital models themselves. This kind of embedded metadata is critical to scholars of Egyptology. The case study presented--the sarcophagus of Psamtik in the collections of the Phoebe Hearst Museum at Berkeley--describes in detail the technique of digital photogrammetry combined with custom programming to create the annotated 3D models.






 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 18-Feb-2022
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/42597
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.42597
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
 
16. Language English=en en
 
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19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd