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This is beautiful. Does anyone know how many of those colors are believed to be historically accurate representations vs artistic license? The paint has long since faded, but perhaps the colors have been identified through some kind of anlysis? There was a recent article here on HN which made me realize the importance of communicating what colors are scientifically or historically accurate vs artistic license.
This reminds me of Encarta. Encyclopedia on a cd-rom, with audio, video and images on many subjects, all clickable.
Terrible UX but the concept is cool.
Horrible UI but would be cool otherwise. On an Android and the performance was fine but way too much finger swiping.
On a laptop with trackpad it was enjoyable for me.
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On a laptop with trackpad it was enjoyable for me.
On my laptop, I disliked that I couldn't scroll back to previous sections when you move, and wished I could scroll at my own pace. Whole thing was buttery smooth though, I'm impressed.
This is really cool. Seeing these beautiful colors I realize how much how I imagine the ancient world is shaped by museum artifacts and photos in textbooks, which show raw and brown/grey/white stones, rusty tools and weapons. I've grown thinking about pre-medieval times as a landscape of ruins. It would be like if future humans were picturing our current world as nothing but bombed cities. It's a really cool project.…
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Ae...
