Ever wondered what it was like INSIDE?
Might we suggest Mused.org?
Visit the website and go to all sorts of ancient places virtually. Go INSIDE the Great Pyramid of Giza, several tombs [including King Tut’s] and the Sphinx.
These tours included 360º views and paths through the insides of the tombs and monuments. YES, they work on an iPad!
Ancient Mediterranean
Spring 2024 Release
50 new spaces and 500+ artifact scans
This has been the product of over a year of work with numerous teachers, technologists, cultural heritage workers, and our unending gratitude goes to each of them. Specifically, the professors and researchers across institutions at the New Alexandria Foundation have helped the various development stages.
The best place to see the scans is our updated Explore Page, but below are a few highlights. CLICK TO Explore the New Spaces
Tomb of Nefertari:
https://mused.org/en/tours/923/tomb-of-nefertari-valley-of-the-queens
Tomb of Ramesses V and VI:
https://mused.org/en/tours/924/tomb-of-ramesses-v-and-vi-valley-of-the-kings
Tomb of Seti I:
https://mused.org/en/tours/926/tomb-of-seti-i-valley-of-the-kings
The Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Rome:
https://mused.org/tours/928/the-colosseum-flavian-amphitheater-rome
Khazneh el-Far’oun, The Treasury, Petra, Jordan:
https://mused.org/tours/929/khazneh-el-faroun-the-treasury-petra-jordan
The Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Turkey:
https://mused.org/tours/930/the-library-of-celsus-ephesus-turkey
The Acropolis, Athens, Greece:
https://mused.org/tours/931/the-acropolis-athens-greece
Great Sphinx, Giza, Egypt:
https://giza.mused.org/en/tours/438/great-sphinx-of-giza
Temple of Apollo, Sounion, Greece:
https://mused.org/tours/933/the-temple-of-apollo-sounion-greece
And more tours coming soon at spaces such as
- Abydos,
- Delphi,
- Eleusis,
- Ephesus,
- Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple,
- Karnak,
- Mosque of Mohamed Ali,
- Medinet Habu,
- Mycenae,
- Olympia,
- the Pantheon,
- Petra,
- the Roman Forum,
- the Valley of the Queens,
- and the Valley of the Kings.
The spaces will have guided interpretive materials in the future after their Explore modes are public.
Artifacts
The artifact scans are completed with the various researchers for connecting to the spaces where they originated or to serve as an example of what might have been in a tomb or temple, for example. They’re also available as standalone as the guided interpretative materials are being developed. Here are a few highlights:
Sarcophagus of Seti I, Sir John Soane Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155463/sarcophagus-of-seti-i
Marforio, Oceanus, Capitoline Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155302/marforio-statue-of-oceanus
Gayer Anderson Cat, British Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155263/gayer-anderson-cat
East Pediment of the Parthenon at the British Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155258/east-pediment-of-the-parthenon
East Pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155114/east-pediment-parthenon
Reconstruction of the East Pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155103/reconstruction-of-the-east-pediment-on-the-parthenon
Bust of Homer, British Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155236/bust-of-homer
Prince Rahotep and wife Nofret:
https://mused.org/en/items/155479/statues-of-prince-rahotep-and-wife-nofret
Statue of Thutmose III, Luxor Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155387/statue-of-king-thutmose-iii
Statue of Bull, inscribed by Regalia, Herodes Atticus’s wife, Olympia:
https://mused.org/en/items/155194/statue-of-bull-inscribed-by-regalia-herodes-atticuss-wife
Bust of Medusa, likely by Bernini, Capitoline Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155297/bust-of-medusa-probably-by-bernini
Statue of Ramesses II, Grand Egyptian Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155360/statue-of-ramesses-ii
Sobek and Amenhotep III, Luxor Museum:
https://mused.org/en/items/155384/sobek-and-amenhotep-iii
Omphalos, Archaological Museum of Delphi, Greece:
https://mused.org/en/items/155131/omphalos
Eleusis Plaque of Demeter and Persephone, Archaeological Museum of Eleuis:
https://mused.org/en/items/155434/eleusis-plaque-of-demeter-and-persephone
Helmet of Militades, Archaeological Museum of Olympia:
https://mused.org/en/items/155208/helmet-of-militades
Canopic Jars of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum in Cairo:
https://mused.org/en/items/155316/canopic-jars-of-tutankhamun
Statue of Tutankhamun, Egyptian Museum in Cairo:
https://mused.org/en/items/155349/statue-of-tutankhamun
Statue of Djoser, Egyptian Museum in Cairo:
https://mused.org/en/items/155344/statue-of-djoser
Monumental Door, Museum of Islamic Art:
https://mused.org/en/items/155424/monumental-door
Finally, the Belgian Archaeological Expedition Landrover outside the Marsam Hotel near Qurna, Egypt:
https://mused.org/en/items/155218/belgian-archaeological-expedition-landrover
Radiance Field Rendering and Future Development
In the near future, I’m hoping to clean up this data and process each space into a neural radiance field, displayed via 3D Gaussian Splatting, or something similar. You can see an example of this working in the virtual space tour here:
https://mused.org/en/tours/860/learn-about-3d-gaussian-splatting
The viewer in its current state where you can view the 360 images is a byproduct of my development in this area rather than the goal.
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