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Imaging session at CAA

The CAA conference is the largest international archaeological computing conference and is regularly attending by the leading experts in our chosen fields of study. Every year the location changes with recent conferences being in Southampton, Perth, Australia and Paris. In the past Archaeovision members James, Hembo, Paul, Tom and Kaarel have all given papers and some…

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Faro Focus at Portus. Image from Stephen Kay

Ancient Impossible

Last night in the USA a program called Ancient Impossible: Extreme Engineering aired on the History channel. The series focusses on how today’s technological achievements were developed centuries ago. This episode looks at specific examples of ancient structures and how past civilisations were able to to create new engineering feats to counter the obstacles that stood in their way.…

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Laser Scanning the Insula Dell’ara Coeli, Rome, Italy

In July of this year Archaeovision member James Miles conducted a laser scan survey of the Insula Dell’ara Coeli which is situated in the centre of Rome at the base of the Capitoline Hill. The building dates to the second century AD and is one of the best preserved examples of a Roman brick-built apartment building. It was saved…

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Portus MOOC

The Portus MOOC has now been running for a day. It is a Massive Online Open Course created by the University of Southampton and run by Future Learn. The MOOC focuses on the Imperial Port of Portus and the research that has been carried by the University over the last fifteen years. Part of the…

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EMYA and the Rode Imaging Event

During the past week, Archaeovision members James Miles and Hembo Pagi, gave a number of talks in Tallinn, Estonia on the research that Archaeovision is able to provide. On the first day, James presented a paper at the “Creating the Magic: Matching Culture and ICT” eCult Dialogue Day at the Art Museum of Estonia. The eCult…

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Archaeovision Research and Development

Archaeovision are proud to announce a sister company that will specialise in the Research and Development in the imaging and documentation of Cultural Heritage. Archaeovision R&D is a non-profit organisation that will focus on developing current and future technologies that are and could be used in Cultural Heritage. Having this sister company will allow for the…

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‘Graffiti’ in Mingary Castle

A recent news article published on the BBC’s new page entitled “‘Graffiti’ in Mingary Castle thought to be 700 years old” discusses newly found graffiti markings found by architectural consultant Tom Addyman and his team on plastered walls of the chapel. The archaeologists involved in the team date the markings to between 1265 and 1295 and more can be found on Jon…

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Exciting times ahead!

At Archaeovision we aim to offer the best and most complete service possible within the digital capture of culture heritage, working with our clients to understand their needs and offer a multitude of solutions. We can only do this by working with leading experts and as such it is our proud privilege that Tom Goskar and Paul…

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Upgrade of Agisoft Photoscan

Here at Archaeovision we utilise photogrammetry in a lot of the work that we do. It is a cheaper method in many ways to traditional 3D recording techniques but it is often associated with slow processing times and at times the overall model can be poor. Agisoft have recently released an upgrade to their photoscan…

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Unlocking the scrolls of Herculaneum

Having recently read an article on the BBC new’s page about the artefacts from the British Museum’s Life and Death: Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition it led to a belief of how integral RTI could be within the research of the scrolls of Herculaneum. The scrolls have been greatly damaged and are very delicate, reading the writing on these…

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