Explore Ancient Egypt online
Egypt

Explore Ancient Egypt online


NOVA pbs.org  (Liesl Clark and Peter Tyson)

Want to walk around the Sphinx? Clamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza and seek out the pharaoh's burial chamber? Visit the magnificent tombs and temples of ancient Thebes? In this multi-layered, highly visual interactive, view 360° panoramas, "walkaround" photos, and other breathtaking imagery shot throughout the Giza Plateau and ancient Thebes (modern-day Luxor), often with special permission. You'll see Old and New Kingdom tombs and temples, pyramids and statues, and a 140-foot-long wooden boat that is 4,600 years old. Enjoy this unique journey through the Land of the Pharaohs.








- Feature: Uncovering Secrets Of The Sphinx
Smithsonian.com (Evan Hadingham) Five page article about investigations into the Sphinx. Here's an extract: Recognized today as one of the world’s leading Egyptologists and Sphinx authorities, Lehner has conducted field research at Giza during most...

- Book Review: The Lost Tombs Of Thebes
Las Cruces Sun News (Greg Lennes) "The Lost Tombs of Thebes - Life in Paradise" By Zahi Hawass Photographs by Sandro Vannini Thames & Hudson, 288 pp. $80. LAS CRUCES— The interest in Ancient Egypt is understandable since it was the longest lasting...

- Travel: Observing The Pilgrims
Living in Egypt blog (Maryanne Stroud Gabbani) I look at Maryanne Stroud Gabbani's blogs most days because they offer a great insight into her life in the rural outskirts of Cairo and Giza. Today she describes taking some visitors to the Giza plateau...

- Before The Valley Of The Kings: Egypt's Last Royal Pyramids
Loyola University new Orleans Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Miller Hall, Room 114 Before the Valley of the Kings: Egypt’s Last Royal Pyramids " by Dr. Stephen Harvey (Michel and Nelly Abemayor Lecture in Egyptian...

- Digital Egypt Website
http://egypt.ebeling.ee/Thanks to Andrei Bodrov for letting me know about his new site, Digital Egypt, which includes fullscreen QTVR panoramas of Giza, together with still photos from different Luxor and Giza and a rather nice plan of the Giza pyramids....



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