Generative Archaeology: AI-created realistic images of ancient worlds
<p>History is fascinating, but it’s difficult to visualize what the world looked like thousands of years ago.</p>
<p><strong>Many aspects contributed to this difficulty</strong>. Partially it’s because ancient people had a <strong>different sense of aesthetics</strong>. <a href="http://www.essentialvermeer.com/technique/perspective/history.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Before the 1400s</a>, painters rarely had perspective in mind, making proportions of things look rather odd to modern eyes. Partially it’s because time had <strong>rotten away a lot of details</strong> from the artifacts. Potteries, <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/the-myth-of-whiteness-in-classical-sculpture" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">sculptures</a>, and buildings have faded in color over time. For example, did you know that Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza was <a href="https://www.insider.com/egypt-great-pyramid-original-colors-2019-7" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">white and had a gold cap</a>? All these factors can make it hard for people today to appreciate the beauty of ancient times with accuracy.</p>
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