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# Prototyping and ancient horn with 3d printing and scanning

Prototyping and ancient horn with 3d printing and scanning

![Billy Ó Foghlú is a PhD student studying archaeology at the Australian National University](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/4Hf3hKfdpoFiQ1-vxQIxsDAi1AKH-PUCusa8wtV_o_GSYs5ot_JneZuCC7vBPMxIbGLvifBm7chQMzFZKLQM6GT7Y0r9N4jEYoj5whHBUWMdzzu_ZVMc1NuxIYfw5uPcZJ-8EytvAWI)

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This is a great example from Billy Ó Foghlú is a PhD student studying archaeology at the Australian National University (ANU).

After 3D printing a replica of a Bronze Age artefact, long believed to be a spear butt, he uncovered evidence that it was actually a mouthpiece from an ancient Irish horn.

So he took a scan of the instrument and 3d printed it, which is what you see in these images.