{"id":753,"date":"2014-09-08T16:34:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archaeovision.eu\/?p=753"},"modified":"2014-09-08T16:38:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T15:38:41","slug":"ancient-impossible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archaeovision.eu\/en\/tv\/ancient-impossible\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient Impossible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night in the USA a program called Ancient Impossible: Extreme Engineering<\/a> aired on the History channel. The series focusses on\u00a0how\u00a0today\u2019s technological achievements were developed centuries ago. This episode looks at specific examples of ancient\u00a0structures and how past\u00a0civilisations were able to to create new engineering feats to counter the obstacles that stood in their way.<\/p>\n

Part of this Extreme Engineering programme included the work carried out by The Portus Project<\/a>\u00a0and their work on the ancient port of Rome. Included within this section was the laser scan work competed by Archaeovision member James Miles (examples of which can be seen below). The digital\u00a0documentation\u00a0of the site has enabled archaeologists to further understand the complex building work found at Portus and the show highlights how important the current\u00a0technological\u00a0advancements in\u00a0archaeology are in understanding and documenting the past. Laser scanning is used in the Portus project as a way to fully record\u00a0the extant building work, allowing us to manipulate the dataset into any view that we wish and is used in\u00a0conjunction\u00a0with photogrammetry, gigapixel imaging and building surveying to name but a few. The combination of these different technologies allows the team to gain a more detailed\u00a0understanding\u00a0which in turn allows Grant Cox from Artas Media<\/a>\u00a0(who we work closely with) to\u00a0accurately\u00a0model the site.<\/p>\n

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