3D-printed Palmyra arch wins award
Public Engagement with Research Award is sponsored by Oxford University VC
A3D-printed replica of Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph, which was created by the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) to immortalise the historical gateway to the ancient Syrian city, has won the Public Engagement with Research Award, sponsored by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.
The replica is the fruit of a strategic partnership between DFF, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), the British Institute for Digital Archaeology, and the Universities of Oxford (UK) and Harvard (USA).
The international project seeks to document archaeological sites at risk around the Middle East region using 3D imaging, and then reconstructing them using 3D-printing technology. “This initiative is a direct implementation of the UAE leadership’s forwardthinking vision, which calls for utilising the technologies of the future to preserve our region’s ancient heritage,” said DFF’s acting CEO Abdullah Bin Toq.