AWA - Memories

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Sapio Analytics deposited high resolution images of the Ajanta Caves in India, the first AWA deposit of a UNESCOworld heritage site.   The caves are situated in the Aurangabad district of Ma- harashtra state and constitute ancient monasteries and worship halls of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 75-metre wall of rock.   Considered some of the most significant ancient art in the world, these paintings and carvings hold immense importance for people in many nations. The paintings cannot be photographed with flash or lights, so a special low-light photographic technique has been used to cap- ture the art in high resolution. Deep learning AI is also applied combined with knowledge from historians to re- store any broken images.   Supported IndianMinistry of Culture, the capture of such a large and significant UNESCO heritage site is a major undertaking and will take years to complete.   This deposit includes a photograph of Ajanta Caves by Benoy Behl, showing a king renouncing all worldly pleasures, the paper Revelation of Ajanta Caves, support from Indian business leaders about the project, alongside initial high-resolution restored capture of the caves.  

Olga Tokarczuk Foundation and Literary Publishing (virtually) deposited the complete literary works of Olga Tokarczuk, a Nobel Prize Laureate, marking the first Polish contribution to AWA.   Tokaczuk is a highly celebrated Author through the de- posit of her 14 novels, also provides the first contempo- rary literary contribution to AWA.   “Together, we made sure that our founder’s books could survive any catastrophe and be an inspiration also for fu- ture inhabitants of the Earth,” added Izabella Kaluta, Vice President of the Olga Tokarczuk Foundation.  awarded last year, ensures the survival of Olga Tokarczuk’s works. Thanks to this technology, it will remain safe. “ Anna Zaremba-Michalska, President of the Management Board of Wydawnictwo  Literackie (Tokarczuk publishers since 2001), which financed the storage of the AWA deposit.  This is, in a way, a natural step which, apart from the Nobel Prize

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