The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
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Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#2I remember this. Before the files were released, I seem to recall that there were some people who surreptitiously got some scanning equipment into the museum and scanned the artifact without permission, and published the result:
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d86dc5d56479a89074af1c3365a3b7d3d1404fb2&dn=NefertitiHack3D.stl
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#3I had a chance to go through the author's website [0], and it's quite the pleasure! I've always been bit of a historical art nerd, so to know that I can have my own little 3d scans of such amazing pieces of history gives me immense joy.
On other news, now that 3D scanning is becoming pretty commonplace with the iPhone pro LiDAR and apps like [1] or [2], I wonder how long such protests by museums will last before they have to relent as 3d scanning becomes as commonplace as taking pictures of artwork in the museums.
[0] https://cosmowenman.com/ [1] https://hege.sh/ [2] https://record3d.app/
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#4Is there any statement of the museum which explains *why* they were being this obnoxious?
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#5Is there any statement of the museum which explains *why* they were being this obnoxious?
Found one, unfortunately it's in German only:
https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/en/news-detail/arti...
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#6Is there any statement of the museum which explains *why* they were being this obnoxious?
Before it was already freely available, but only for research and non-commercial use.
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#7fantastic work. Wishing the best of success with the author's investigations into other museums as well.
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#8Is there any statement of the museum which explains *why* they were being this obnoxious?
Found one, unfortunately it's in German only: https://www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de/en/news-detail/arti...
Two arguments:
We never intended the scanned data to be a "product", but simply created it as an intermediate step in the masking process.
Also, the taxpayer expects us to alleviate his burden by trying to make at least some money, and the FOIA requestor declined to promise non-commercial use.
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#9Previous:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26935781
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21558805
3D stl model @ Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/NefertitiHack3D
Re: The Berlin Egyptian Museum’s scan of the Bust of Nefertiti (2017)
#10I remember this. Before the files were released, I seem to recall that there were some people who surreptitiously got some scanning equipment into the museum and scanned the artifact without permission, and published the result: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d86dc5d56479a89074af1c3365a3b7d3d1404fb2&dn=NefertitiHack3D.stl
Apparently, the author of this article believes that story was a hoax, source [0]. Reading his arguments, I am also inclined to believe the same.
[0] https://cosmowenman.com/2016/03/08/the-nefertiti-3d-scan-hei...