Copies of the Parthenon Marbles—carved by a robot—to go on show in London
photo: © Justin Norris
The Oxford-based Institute for Digital Archaeology has created a copy of Parthenon Marbles pieces housed at the British Museum (BM) in London, which will go on show later this month. In June, a robot designed by the Institute—which can create faithful reproductions of large-scale historical object—began carving a detailed copy of one of the BM’s Parthenon Marbles at a workshop in Carrara, Italy, according to The New York Times.