By Minda Smiley

Over time, historical sites and monuments all over the world have been destroyed due to conflict and natural disasters. In many communities, the destruction of these sites means more than just a loss of physical presence since they often represent a community’s culture and heritage.

To honor these artifacts and the cultures they symbolize, researchers Chance Coughenour and Matthew Vincent created Rekrei, a project that integrates “their knowledge in archeology, web development, and photogrammetry” to create digital reconstructions of historical sites in a crowd-sourced manner.

In partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) #Unite4Heritage, a global movement Read full story ›

Source: The Drum