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  • Classics professor uses 3-D technology to answer an ancient question

    Sep 22, 2017 9:15 am by Samantha Jones ToalResearch
    Daniel Leon uses a 3D scanner in Athens to learn more about a second century historian who studied Alexander the Great. Photo courtesy of K.A. Rask

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    • Daniel Leon uses a 3D scanner in Athens to learn more about a second century historian who studied Alexander the Great. Photo courtesy of K.A. Rask

    For classsics professor Daniel Leon, a recent discovery about ancient life in Athens occurred because of what he calls 'serendipity' — and a bit of 21st century technology