We brought a micron-accurate 3D scanner into the Petrie Museum to examine Egypt’s oldest stone vases—piece by piece, same setup, same pipeline. Are these artifacts truly hand-shaped… or do the numbers hint at something far more precise? Watch the scans, the heatmaps, and the side-by-side benchmarks—and decide with us.
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SHOW NOTES:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:25 - Background Story
0:05:27 - 3D scanning technologies
0:09:42 - Metrology
0:11:31 - Comparison of technologies
0:14:34 - Scanning in the Petrie Museums
0:24:30 - Analignment Problem
0:29:11 - Steps of Analysis
0:37:37 - Modern Tolerances
0:38:35 - Reference objects
0:44:14 - Scan Results
0:48:32 - Conclusion
0:51:59 - Special Thanks