'Virtual archaeologist' reconnects fragments of an ancient civilization

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Tim Weyrich a postdoctoral teaching fellow in computer science at Princeton examines fresco fragments in Santorini. Weyrich is the technical lead researcher on the project. Credit: Princeton Graphics Group
Tim Weyrich, a postdoctoral teaching fellow in computer science at Princeton, examines fresco fragments in Santorini. Weyrich is the technical lead researcher on the project. Credit: Princeton Graphics Group
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For several decades, archaeologists in Greece have been painstakingly attempting to reconstruct wall paintings that hold valuable clues to the ancient culture of Thera, an island civilization that was buried under volcanic ash more than 3,500 years ago.


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