Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video accompanies the From Stone to Silicone exhibition at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Why did the museum make copies of fragile plaster casts of Assyrian palace reliefs? How did museum staff and Harvard students create faithful and accurate resin copies? How did the museum create 3D scans and prints of Mesopotamian objects? What do we learn by recreating objects?
This video accompanies the From Stone to Silicone exhibition at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. Why did the museum make copies of fragile plaster casts of Assyrian palace reliefs? How did museum staff and Harvard students create faithful and accurate resin copies? How did the museum create 3D scans and prints of Mesopotamian objects? What do we learn by recreating objects?
