The scale model of the 2000-year-old Arch has been produced by the Institute of Digital Tech**logy from Egyptian marble using 3D tech**logy.*
The six-metre (20 foot) installation, which will be on display at Trafalgar for three days before travelling to New York and Dubai, was made by machines carving the stone to the shape and design of the original arch,*based on photographs taken by IDA volunteers at the site.
Roger Michel, executive director of the IDA told*The Guardian:*“Monuments — as embodiments of history, religion, art and science — are significant and complex repositories of cultural narratives. ** one should consider for one second giving terrorists the power to delete such objects from our collective cultural record. Read more...
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04-19-2016, 04:41 PM
A Vine tour of the recreated Palmyra Arch in London's Trafalgar Square
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