Knights Who Say Nah: a new take on history
How are historical artifacts of real value, DAO, and NFT related? The creators of the unique Web3 project Knights Who Say Nah have the answer.
Do you want to become a keeper of real history and pass on knowledge about ancient cultures to the next generations? Thanks to the Knights Who Say Nah project, you have this opportunity! Nick Richey and the team are working to ensure that the historical heritage remains intact and retains its value for many centuries.
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Knights Who Say Nah is a project based on the world's largest private collection of ancient weapons and armor. It includes over 6,000 artifacts from 50 cultures spanning 6,000 years of human history. Some of them are housed in the world's leading cultural institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Knights Who Say Nah brings DAO (Round Table), NFT, storytelling, and authentic cultural heritage items together. The DAO's main task is to vote on the repatriation of artifacts and transfer them as gifts to museums and appropriate organizations in different countries. According to the project's co-founders, three-dimensional copies of weapons and armor can be used for demonstration in cultural institutions. At the same time, the originals should be returned to the nations to which they historically belong.
The Knights Who Say Nah NFT component is four-story drops representing various warrior cultures of the Ancient World. Within each of them, 1111 generative warrior avatars and a limited collection of NFT artifacts will be released. What opportunities open up for the owners of the "knights"? They can use the armor and weapons provided to equip their avatars and use them throughout the metaverse to accomplish any task. According to the project's Twitter account, the first minting of avatars will occur on February 8th.
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The creators describe the 3D artifacts included in the project’s treasury as first-of-its-kind. The photogrammetry technique is used to obtain digital copies of objects that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. On average, it takes up to 40 hours to get hundreds of shots from different angles and combine them into a single composition with the same lighting.
The narrative takes a special place in the project. According to the team's idea, the focus is on an ancient warrior hero and a helper from the present. They search for their artifacts and, at the end of the journey, must reunite with them. Members of the Knights Who Say Nah community are the first to have access to the script and episode updates that will develop into an animated series.
The developers plan to collaborate with animation and television studios to popularize the project, historical characters, and their legendary artifacts. But at the same time, they appreciate the possibilities the Web3 space provides for a unique interactive ecosystem.
