That same motivation lay behind making giant copies of the Altamira and Lascaux Caves in Spain and France , respectively , when exposure to the elements , and awestruck visitors ' breath , threatened to turn the vast galleries of prehistoric paintings they contain into mold . Minutely detailed replica of Egyptian boy king 's burial chamber opens to public in Shanghai a year . Hi-tech reproduction technique involved scanning two points per square meter . Monument-copying business seems to be going strong but some copies -- multiple Eiffel and Michelangelos Towers -- are less convincing .
Minutely detailed replica of Egyptian boy king 's burial chamber opens to public in Shanghai a year . Hi-tech reproduction technique involved scanning two points per square meter . Monument-copying business seems to be going strong but some copies -- multiple Eiffel and Michelangelos Towers -- are less convincing .