If going to the Giza Plateau in individual is the ultimate agency to live the ancient Pyramids of Giza , Harvard University’sDigital Gizais at least the next best affair .
As Nerdistreports , Digital Giza is an offshoot of Harvard’sGiza Project , an international endeavor to catalog and consolidate archive and information about the Giza Plateau from all over the world . researcher have used this data to create a digital platform with 3D role model , virtual walking tours , and other free interactive resources to help the great unwashed explore the region from afar .
you’re able to , for case , mosey around the largest of the three pyramids , commissionedby King Khufu around 2550 BCE and also known as theGreat Pyramid . Not only is it the honest-to-god of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , it ’s also the only one that still exists ( That said , historians are n’t trusted that some of them ever existed at all — arduous evidence of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Colossus of Rhodes , for illustration , has proven unmanageable to find . ) The other two Pyramid that loom over the rest of the plateau are the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure , built by ( and named for ) Khufu ’s Word and grandson , respectively .
Digital Giza pop the question spate of sites to explore beyond those three edifices . TheGreat Sphinx , thought to have been built during Khafre ’s reign , is also a must - see . While it ’s currently the same sandy color as the rest of the plateau , paint balance intimate that it might ’ve once been paint red , blue , yellow , and perhaps other vivacious hues . The chopine also has virtual tours of several extravagant tombs , complete with detail about the art and sculpture you see inside .
If you ’re interested in an immersive ( and educational ) practical vacation , you may research Digital Gizahere .
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