3D scanning and shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to recover their lost histories

Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

By: Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, University of California, Los Angeles, The Conversation

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Published: February 13, 2026

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By Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo, University of California, Los Angeles

Today the world of Egyptology faces a silent crisis – not of looting, although that plays a part, but of disconnection. Walk into any major museum, from Copenhagen to California, and you see glass cases filled with what could be called orphaned artifacts: remarkable objects, often acquired in the 19th and early 20th century, that have been completely stripped of their histories. You can see what …

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