Giza 3D: Visualizing the Pyramids

September 14, 2017
3D model of the Giza tomb of Meresankh

HUBweek comes to Cabot Science Library.

 

Join Peter Der Manuelian, Philip J. King Professor of Egyptology;  Director, Harvard Semitic Museum; as he presents the HUBweek Spoke Event Giza 3D: Visualizing the Pyramids. 

As part of the Giza Project at Harvard, a 3D, archaeologically accurate computer model of the pyramids, tombs, and temples at the famous Giza Pyramids, just west of modern Cairo, is being used for teaching and research. The work is largely based on the excavations of the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1905–1947). This talk will show the computer model, and present other experiments in new technologies for bringing the site back to life, for scholars, students, and the public worldwide. Read more about Peter Der Manuelian and the Giza Project here.

What is HUBweek? Billed as a festival for the future,  HUBweek explores the revolutionary intersections of art, science, and technology being created across Boston.