ISPRS-Archives The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS-Archives Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci. 2194-9034 Copernicus Publications Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-743-2019 THE DIGITALIZATION OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COFFINS: A DISCUSSION OVER DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR RECORDING FINE DETAILS Mandelli A. 1 Perfetti L. 1 Fiorillo F. 1 Fassi F. 1 Rossi C. 2 Greco C. 3 3D Survey Group, Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering (ABC), Italy Politecnico di Milano, Dept. of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering (ABC), Italy Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy 23 08 2019 XLII-2/W15 743 750 Copyright: © 2019 A. Mandelli et al. 2019 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is available from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLII-2-W15/743/2019/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-743-2019.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLII-2-W15/743/2019/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-743-2019.pdf

<p>This work starts from the request to have a physical high-resolution 3D model of the external, anthropoid coffin of the scribe Butehamon, held at the Museo Egizio, Turin. At the time of writing, a replica of the coffin, based on this survey work, functions as final and focal installation of the temporary exhibition Archeologia Invisibile of the Museo Egizio, Turin, running from March 2019 to January 2020. The replica acts as support for a micro-mapping installation meant to re-project a pattern of images onto the coffin’s surface, including the results of different radiometric and colourimetric analyses performed in the recent past by Museo Egizio and Musei Vaticani. This collaborative work encouraged a thorough discussion on the interaction between scientists and humanists engaged in the study of archaeological finds, on the needs and expectations of both sides, and on the technical problems relating to handling objects of different sizes.</p>