Biahmu 3D Reconstruction & Exhibition

The latest exhibition at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum opened on the 10th of February; it deals with many aspects of Ancient Egypt and uses a variety of methods to allow visitors to interact with elements of the exhibition. The artefacts on display range from a 3,000 year old mummy, to objects from almost every dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Visitors were also able to take part in activities such as an interactive quiz, building their own pyramid and watching a video of a 3d reconstruction of a middle kingdom shrine. The latter of these was created by Ben Baker, a PhD student of iWARG.

Working closely with an archaeologist who has surveyed the site and using data gathered from archaeologists from different time periods we were able to construct a 3D model of how we believe the site looked just after it was completed. This model was used to create a video walk-through showing elements of the shrines that would be of most interest to visitors. The video is part of a section of the exhibition demonstrating the process of archaeology and reconstruction of cultural heritage sites. The model can be used for additional projects in the future; one such project that I am interested in exploring is how to represent uncertainty in cultural heritage locations.

More information:

http://www.theherbert.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD_1FAkvd-k