Today’s Technology Meets the Past
US scientists at Carnegie Mellon university have developed a 3D scan technology which is aiding in revealing who is buried in a 200 year old cemetery.
Moss, debris, dirt and wear often make it difficult to read many older tombstones. This new technology scans the object and aids in distinguish the hidden inscriptions and carvings. They plan to use this same technology to aid archaeologists in deciphering ancient runes.
It also fascinated me when Christina Jimenez reported this same technology can be used to scan one’s tongue and determine illnesses.
You can read more here (including a photo of the tombstone before and what they were able to enhance with the scan):
BBC NEWS | Technology | Scans reveal lost gravestone text