How AI helped bring an ancient tomb dating to before the Roman empire back to life
News Source : Scientific American
News Summary
- Pairing artificial intelligence with acoustic technology helped reveal an Erturian tomb in new light.
- Etruscan painted tombs in towns such as Tarquinia, Chiusi and Orvieto are known for their dynamic scenes of music, feasting and the afterlife.
- Our research suggests these tombs were designed and constructed not simply to house the dead, but to affect the living through a sensorily immersive environment similar to a modern 3D film experience.
Although it not always obvious, sound guides how we experience the world around us. And the latest archaeoacoustic techniques show that even the worlds earliest architects understood this.
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