Map after I scanned and toned it
As Bryce terrain, fully textured
A stairway at the palace's edge
Central open space
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Palace of Knossos is the largest ruin of the ancient
civilization of the Minoans, who ruled Crete around 4000 years ago.
There is much mystery about the Minoans and their relative isolation
seems to have allowed them to develop a rather unique and interesting
culture. I ran across a map of the palace and decided use computer
technology to allow me to see what it may have looked like if the
ruins had just been excavated. I scanned and cleaned up the map, then
imported it into Bryce 3D as a terrain image, which raised areas of
the image according to grayscale level. The maze-like ruins of Knossos, by the way, is thought to have inspired the Greek myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur (the Minoans apparently worshipped the Bull). |
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Map after I scanned and toned it |
As Bryce terrain, fully textured |
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A stairway at the palace's edge |
Central open space |