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Tuesday, 04 November 2014 12:23

British Museum Releases Scans of Artifacts for 3D Printing

A granite head of Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III. A granite head of Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III. British Museum

The British Museum could soon be coming to your living room – if, that is, you have a 3D printer on hand.

Working in collaboration with Sketchfab, an online platform that lets users share and download 3D scans, the British Museum has created 14 3D models of busts, statues and sarcophagi from its collection for anyone to download and print at home.

The museum’s “first downloadable collection” includes a granite head of Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat III from the 12th Dynasty (around 1800 BC).

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