Digital Karnak
Having been there, I can say that even today the ancient Egyptian temple complex at Karnak is spectacular. But, of course, what exists today is only a shadow of what was once there. However, we can now see what the site may have looked like from a virtual reality model. Science News reports:
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.
The only problem is that a Quick Time plug-in is required. The Web link to the Karnak site is here.
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