A three-dimensional data model has been created for the No 2 terracotta warrior pit of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province.
This is the first time such technology has been used to protect large-scale cultural relics in China, and will pave the way for building a digital information library, experts said during a recent meeting for testing and approving the model by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage in the city.
Long-term deterioration of cultural relics is unavoidable, and many important signs and traces are gradually removed during archaeological excavation work, experts said.
A frustrating lack of detail. But interesting.