Lovely project and great use of WebGL!
Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
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Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#212This 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.…
That's why any colors that have been preserved looks so great. Whether it's the temple of Medinet Habu in Egypt or the tombs of the builders, it blows your mind when you realize all those decorations in the temples were not only carved, but painted too.
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#213The Getty Museum contracted this out to https://media.monks.com/
Re: Persepolis of ancient Persia rendered in WebGL
#214Trouble getting it to work in Firefox on Mac OS