The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Temple of Dendur Gets a Tech Makeover

The Temple of Dendur in Color, courtesy of the Met.

The Temple of Dendur in Color, courtesy of the Met.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has brought to life the Temple of Dendur – with a technological and artistic feat called Color the Temple Scene.

Part of the old Egyptian temple walls were transformed into its original colorful state, though the walls have not been painted or touched by human hands. Instead, colored drawings are projected onto the ancient etchings, giving the viewer a glimpse of what they looked like in the the past.

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Under The Concrete Jungle

Underneath the vibrant city of New York, new life will grow.

The Lower East Side will soon introduce an underground park located under the former Williamsburg Trolley Terminal.

The vision of The Lowline that will be set to open around 2020

The vision of The Lowline that will be set to open in 2020

The co-founders Dan Barasch and James Ramsey launched a Kickstarter campaign in February 2012 to help fund for solar research in a laboratory which, would make it possible to sustain botanical life underground. The Lowline aims to resourcefully occupy unused space in a green deprived area of Manhattan for the public and community residents. The co-founders also hope it can be a place to enjoy throughout all the four seasons in New York City.

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