Negative Space

Building a virtual reality model of the Athlit ram was chosen as the starting point toward understanding the significance of the socket cuttings on the long wall below the battle monument at Actium, Greece.  Since the Athlit ram is the only completely surviving example of that weapon, and it seemed that similarly shaped rams had once adorned the wall at Actium, we needed to build an exact 3D computer model of the Athlit ram to use as the basis for testing that theory.

The theory is based on the negative shapes cut into the wall at Actium, whose profiles seem to  match closely the general shape of the back of the Athlit ram.

Rear view of the Athlit ram virtual reality model; © 2009 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc

View of one of the sockets cut into the long wall below the battle monument at Actium, Greece; © 2002 William Murray.

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