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Museums go high-tech with digital forensics

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Scientists are using cutting-edge scanning and visualization techniques to wow visitors and find new stories in ancient artifacts.

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            cover image Communications of the ACM
            Communications of the ACM  Volume 57, Issue 10
            October 2014
            99 pages
            ISSN:0001-0782
            EISSN:1557-7317
            DOI:10.1145/2661061
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            • Moshe Y. Vardi
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