The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, which is responsible for the protection and preservation of the country's historical and cultural heritage, has launched a series of free online travels to the tombs and other structures for which the homeland of the pharaohs is famous. Virtual tours are 3D models of premises made up of multiple images. It turns out an analogue of the Google Street View function, only instead of streets there are tombs and other ancient places.
Very cool…
Tomb of the pharaohs Ramses V and Ramses VI
Kom el-Shukafa catacombs
Beni Hassan necropolis
Synagogue Ben Ezra
Sultan Barkuk madrasah mosque
Red monastery
Promotional video:
Tomb of Queen Meresanh III
Tomb of menna
Here's more with screenshots:
Tomb of Ramses V and VI.
Its structure is uncomplicated - just a gut with a room at the end. But the walls and ceilings are pure chic.
Moreover, you can stroll around the places where tourists cannot go: those wooden sides are a zone for tourists. As you can see, I “stand” almost point-blank to the exhibit, as if I climbed onto the stage of an ancient chest.
Cyber tours have both significant pros and cons, which I will discuss below. All in all, they are all filmed with the same technology that allows you to roam the streets of Rio de Janeiro or New York on Google Maps. You can even take the tour with a VR headset.
The Kom el-Shukafa catacombs are a rather complex structure. Getting lost is as easy as shelling pears, so all rounds have a 3-D map mode.
Naturally, where in the catacombs without bones.
In the Beni Hassan Necropolis - a small excursion, but it allows you to get out into the street.
And watch the Egyptian MMA event.
The Ben Ezra Synagogue is a wildly beautiful building. You can hang out outside, on the street.
And of course, you can climb where ordinary tourists will not be allowed. The resolution during the tour is very high, so if you know how to read what is written in the photo below, you can read it.
The Sultan Barkuk mosque-madrasah is almost a book copy of Arab architecture and design.
Since the image of a person is a highly controversial topic in Islam, Muslim architecture and interiors very often have expressive, inventive geometric patterns. You look at this door, you think how it was done a long time ago, how much work has been invested - the hair stands on end.
The Red Monastery is one of the main Christian attractions in Egypt.
The frescoes in it were restored in the first half of the last decade.
A separate feature for me personally is a large number of text plates that can be read during the excursion.
The tomb of Queen Meresanh III is the first of the excursions where you can read about the landmark while being right there. All these kruglyashy are clickable and give out a piece of text or a picture with restoration. The only problem in my opinion is to turn off the rounds so that the view of the tomb is crystal clear and untouched - it is impossible. I hope this will be corrected, but the undertaking is very cool, I would like to see more such cyber excursions.
The tomb room is almost empty. Either they were plundered before the arrival of scientists, or it is some kind of ritual chip.
These dies with the text can be easily retyped and inserted into a google translator, if vi ne govorite po-amerikanski, they are very short and capacious.
Menna's Tomb is a restored tomb. They were restored using ancient Egyptian techniques - first, some of the frescoes were photographed, then scrapings were removed from them for analysis, and the information received about materials and methods was used to recreate the original appearance. By the way, all excursions give addresses and sometimes even markings on the map.
Inside, the whole thing looks just great, the restoration is slowly proceeding on its own.