Gregory's ServerThanks to Harvard University, you can now virtually enter the Great Pyramid of #Giza in 3D and 360º
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 @stux are there other such tours as well? Always very interested in these sorts of things but there's none linked on the Harvard site @stux it does have extra info if you're interested in it, it's visitable at https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/lascaux/en/visit-cave @stux I think you mean this one https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/266/inside-the-great-pyramid @stux Go Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/266/inside-the-great-pyramid @stux which is great, cos going in in real life is really unpleasant! 😆 Only one way in and out, so everyone’s trying to squeeze past each other. Hot, sweaty, smelly, and you are crouched down most of the time! Obviously amazing to be in the room in the centre - but getting there and back is grim! For the full experience you need to do a gazillion squats so your quads hurt like hell the next day from walking hunched over up and down the 4' high inclined passage    @stux Yeah, that's super cool. Here's a link to an interactive viewer so you can explore on your own #360 #3D https://giza.mused.org/en/tours/266/inside-the-great-pyramid @stux Part of me is thinking that this really could be spiced up with some Doom monsters. @stux so cool! I was there two weeks ago, was told that it was a difficult journey for an older person with back issues so I didn’t go in. Thanks for me experience this!  @stux When you do things in tight enclosed spaces could you consider a trigger warning. @stux does this work with VR goggles? I would never be able to handle the claustrophobia in real life but like that VR can let me visit places I wouldn’t be able to otherwise. @stux Felt like I should have been rolling dice to avoid traps every few feet. @stux how amazing! No more having to travel to see all of these amazing places, technology is so wonderful at connecting the world! @stux This is amazing. My husband was given a private tour decades ago. He was in the Army doing Army stuff. I didn't realize how tight the space looks. Claustrophobic. I like viewing it this way much better.   @stux Wow, archaeology has come so far since I worked in it. Drones and 3D laser scanning, all I had was a pencil and some drafting film! @stux it really is amazing, but there's no way they'll ever be able to capture stepping inside somewhere like this. There's no way I'll ever make it mind you, so I'll take whati can @stux I’ve maybe been playing too much Call of Duty lately… I saw this and immediately started looking for enemies to shoot. 👀  |
@stux Any link to that website? I would love exploring that place!