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Interested in Pyramids, the Sphinx, the Ancient Mediterranean?

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!

MusEd.org

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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