Dr. Zahi Hawass
Secretary General of The Supreme Council of Antiquities
is pleased to invite you to
a lecture by
Peter Der Manuelian
Professor of Egyptology, Harvard University
Giza Archives Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Giza in 3D
New Approaches to Accessing Archaeological Data from the Giza Plateau
Monday, January 17, 2010
6:00 PM
Ahmad Pasha Kamal Hall
Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)
3 el-Adel Abu Bakr Street
(at the intersection of al-Malak al-Afdal Street)
Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt
Reception to Follow
Parking Available
For ten years, the Giza Archives Project, based in Boston, has been collecting, processing, linking, and posting Giza archaeological data. The Giza website (www.gizapyramids.org) launched in 2005. Serving as one possible model for archaeological information management, the Giza Archives Project has opened up new avenues of Giza research. This talk will provide an update on recent efforts to link historic Giza archaeological data from around the world (Berkeley, Berlin, Boston, Cairo, Giza, Hildesheim, Leipzig, Philadelphia, Turin, Vienna) with real-time 3D computer models of the Giza monuments. Merging the old and the new provide for a new interface and new teaching tools for understanding context on the Giza Plateau.