Egypt
Science Daily
I've posted about this before, but it's a slow news day so for anyone who missed it the first time, and just to plug a good project, here's another article about it.
See the above page for more, including images.
- Much Needed Makeover For Three Goddesses
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The temples of the Karnak complex stand majestically on the east bank of the Nile at Luxor, their awe-inspiring architecture flaunting the great and noble civilisation of ancient Egypt. We know from historical records...
- Team's Re-creation Of Ancient Karnak Brings History Of Pharaohs To Life
UCLA Today (Meg Sullivan) Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for this link. There are some good images on this page, together with links to QuickTime videos. What did Thutmose III have against his aunt, now considered to be one of the most successful pharaohs of...
- Daily Photo - Karnak
I've posted several photographs of Karnak before, but this is a new bunch scanned from old photo albums. Karnak will be the featured site for the Daily Photo for the next few days. The site is vast and incredibly complex - and is still under excavation...
- Travel: Luxor - An Open-air Museum
ANBA (Randa Achmawi) Little over 700 kilometres south of Cairo, on the banks of the Nile, is a paradise of monuments of humanity. Also known as Thebes in ancient times, Luxor, in Egypt, is currently an interesting combination between the past and present....
- Digital Karnak
Here is a site created by University of California. The animations of the various stages of the building of the temples at Karnak are excellent. http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/experience/IntroductionToTheTempleOfKarnak...
Egypt
More re Digital Karnak
Science Daily
I've posted about this before, but it's a slow news day so for anyone who missed it the first time, and just to plug a good project, here's another article about it.
For the past two years, a team of UCLA Egyptologists, digital modelers, web designers, staff and students has been building a three-dimensional virtual-reality model of the ancient Egyptian religious site known as Karnak, one of the largest temple complexes ever constructed.
The result is Digital Karnak, a high-tech model that runs in real time and allows users to navigate 2,000 years of history at the popular ancient Egyptian tourist site near modern-day Luxor, where generations of pharaohs constructed temples, chapels, obelisks, sphinxes, shrines and other sacred structures beginning in the 20th century B.C.
Developed by UCLA's Experiential Technologies Center — which has helped pioneer the digital reconstruction of historical sites, including the innovative Rome Reborn, released in 2006 — the Karnak model and a host of additional digital resources are now available for educators, students, scholars and the public to explore for free at http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak.
The website features videos from the 3-D model, instructional resources for educators, a Google Earth version of the model and pages detailing the chronology and construction of individual structures at the temple complex. The collective resources offer a window onto the incredibly rich architectural, religious, economic, social and political history of ancient Egypt.
See the above page for more, including images.
- Much Needed Makeover For Three Goddesses
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The temples of the Karnak complex stand majestically on the east bank of the Nile at Luxor, their awe-inspiring architecture flaunting the great and noble civilisation of ancient Egypt. We know from historical records...
- Team's Re-creation Of Ancient Karnak Brings History Of Pharaohs To Life
UCLA Today (Meg Sullivan) Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for this link. There are some good images on this page, together with links to QuickTime videos. What did Thutmose III have against his aunt, now considered to be one of the most successful pharaohs of...
- Daily Photo - Karnak
I've posted several photographs of Karnak before, but this is a new bunch scanned from old photo albums. Karnak will be the featured site for the Daily Photo for the next few days. The site is vast and incredibly complex - and is still under excavation...
- Travel: Luxor - An Open-air Museum
ANBA (Randa Achmawi) Little over 700 kilometres south of Cairo, on the banks of the Nile, is a paradise of monuments of humanity. Also known as Thebes in ancient times, Luxor, in Egypt, is currently an interesting combination between the past and present....
- Digital Karnak
Here is a site created by University of California. The animations of the various stages of the building of the temples at Karnak are excellent. http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/experience/IntroductionToTheTempleOfKarnak...