The National Archeology Museum in Madrid presents a section of a
project that, with the help of cutting edge technology, aims to create
an exact copy of the Egyptian tomb of Seti November 14, 2002. The Tomb
of Seti is the longest, deepest in the Valley of the Kings. Factum
Arte, the company undertaking the work, is using 3D laser scanning,
digital routing and pigment printing at the highest resolution ever
attempted, making this the first facsimile of "conservation" quality.
Project workers claim that the finished product which they hope to put
on display in Egypt will have exactly the same qualities such as
temperature and smell as the original tomb which wasclosed to the
public in the 1980's due to deterioration. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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