From a workshop in Spain, Factum Foundation has developed the expertise to 3D-scan and 3D-print virtually any work of art. Factum Arte is displaying copies of two chambers in the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I at Antikenmuseum Basel in Switzerland. Credit: Courtesy Ruedi Habegger/Antikenmuseum Basel/Sammlung LudwigLowe had hoped to begin scanning Seti's tomb in 2001, but was eventually diverted into making a facsimile of Tutankhamen's tomb instead. Seti's tomb -- sometimes referred to as "Belzoni's tomb" -- was discovered in 1817 by Giovanni Belzoni, a 6-foot-7 Italian explorer, engineer and former circus strongman. A Factum Foundation employee works on the facsimilie of Pharaoh Seti I's tomb.

Source: CNN November 13, 2017 11:34 UTC