Eastern Qing Tombs 3D Scans Released by Glasgow School of Art

December 14, 2012
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Updated February 9, 2026
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The Glasgow School of Art Media Centre has recently published some of the first 3D laser scanned images of the next Scottish Ten project. The Eastern Qing Tombs – in use from 1666 to 1911 – are the final resting place of some of China’s best known emperors. The Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were both designated as a World Heritage Site in 2000 – UNESCO describing it as a “masterpiece of human creative genius”.

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