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Digital Rescue of the Nordic Viking Era
  DOI :  10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2024.21.1.20  Published OnlineApril 2024
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Preserving Norway`s Magnificent Viking Heritage: An In-depth Study of Digitization and Cultural Heritage. This project at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, utilizing advanced 3D scanning technology including Tritop, focuses on preserving Norway's iconic Viking artifacts, such as ships and historical objects. Our goal is to preserve and share these treasures, ensuring their legacy for future generations. This project focuses on creating high-quality digital backups of valuable Norwegian cultural heritage through the surveying of the most irreplaceable and iconic objects, including Viking ships, historical artifacts, church portals, and stave churches. Utilizing advanced technology, particularly powerful industrial 3D scanners, attention is directed towards objects that form the core of Norwegian cultural history. With my background as an experienced master woodcarver actively ntegrated into the process, emphasis is placed on sensitivity and precision. The goal is to extract maximum information, preserve the unique craftsmanship, and create digital representations of superlative quality. This documentation is shared with conservators, souvenir producers, and the public, both online and through 2D drawings. The project identifies the most valuable and irreplaceable aspects of Norwegian cultural heritage, while the revenue generated from the surveying proves to be as significant as the costs associated with scanner equipment and labor. This underscores the economic value of preserving and documenting our cultural heritage, forming the basis for a comprehensive strategy for the conservation and dissemination of Norway's cultural treasures to future generations.

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Bjarte Aarseth, "Digital Rescue of the Nordic Viking Erain Archiving Conference,  2024,  pp 101 - 106,  https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2024.21.1.20

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