[thomasatethose]

We can work on digitally archiving everything, and distributing it to save the knowledge at least I hope. Maybe something like google books but for history.

[United857]

Over 15 years ago, Stanford did a project to 3D scan statues of Michelangelo. http://graphics.stanford.edu/projects/mich/

Sad to see this isn't something common nowadays given the proliferation of the 3D ecosystem in general.