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catbyte

(37,882 posts) Thu Dec 31, 2020, 11:47 AM Dec 2020

Realistic Facial Recreations of Roman Emperors Using AI and Photoshop (1st Century CE)

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Realistic Facial Recreations of Roman Emperors Using AI and Photoshop (1st Century CE) (Original Post) catbyte Dec 2020 OP

Interesting. Polly Hennessey Dec 2020 #1

very cool trusty elf Dec 2020 #2

Oooh! Thank you for posting this! Dem2theMax Dec 2020 #3

It gets even better! There's a lady who's taken paintings of Henry VIII and his wives, but instead Karadeniz Dec 2020 #4

Thanks for link burrowowl Jan 2021 #5

TY empedocles Jan 2021 #6

Interesting. Demovictory9 Jan 2021 #7

Thank you! Fascinating! cp Jan 2021 #8

I had the same reaction - soldierant Jan 2021 #13

Fantastic! BlueWavePsych Jan 2021 #9

Fascinating! N/T DFW Jan 2021 #10

Thanks for posting this. I watched this one and then found more on You tube. NoRoadUntravelled Jan 2021 #11

How on earth did Roman emperors get a copy of Photoshop, much less circumvent cloud based auth? FreepFryer Jan 2021 #12

Polly Hennessey

(8,177 posts)

1. Interesting.

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Thu Dec 31, 2020, 12:13 PM

Dec 2020

trusty elf

(7,508 posts)

2. very cool

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Thu Dec 31, 2020, 01:44 PM

Dec 2020

If you're interested, have a look at some of the stunning 3D reconstructions of Roman buildings, etc. here.

https://relivehistoryin3d.com/?fbclid=IwAR2n3oAuBPYM5gEgIYbgLkjq_SBJHgLHA-z65qIpfJL7zK9XYec4OwbSjds

Dem2theMax

(10,996 posts)

3. Oooh! Thank you for posting this!

Reply to trusty elf (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 04:45 PM

Dec 2020

I'm going to have a lot of fun exploring that website.

Karadeniz

(24,644 posts)

4. It gets even better! There's a lady who's taken paintings of Henry VIII and his wives, but instead

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Thu Dec 31, 2020, 05:55 PM

Dec 2020

Only making them look realistic, she's also updated them, giving them modern hair, a bit of make-up. I always agreed with Henry's comment on Anne of Cleves looks, but with a decent hair do, she's actually pretty. I guess plug something like Henry VIII, wives made modern.

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burrowowl

(18,403 posts)

5. Thanks for link

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Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:40 AM

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empedocles

(15,751 posts)

6. TY

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Fri Jan 1, 2021, 01:32 PM

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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)

7. Interesting.

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Fri Jan 1, 2021, 04:43 PM

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cp

(7,913 posts)

8. Thank you! Fascinating!

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Sun Jan 3, 2021, 03:06 PM

Jan 2021

I've read all of Lindsey Davis's superb series set in ancient Rome, and this helped bring the three emperors (Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian) of the hero's time to life. Marcus Didius Falco is a Roman private eye ca. 79 CE, and these books are brilliant historical fiction, very funny, and imbued with the sights and smells of Rome then.
Thank you.

soldierant

(8,961 posts)

13. I had the same reaction -

Reply to cp (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 06:04 PM

Jan 2021

that if only we had the same done for Falco we could have a complete party. I haven't read them all, but I've read 7 or 8. I can still get a giggle thinking about (paraphrased) "What kind of idiot would buy a slave from Gaul as a cook? Only the Persians understand fine cooking."