Dr. Zahi HawassSecretary General of The Supreme Council of Antiquitiesis pleased to invite you toa lecture byPeter Der ManuelianProfessor of Egyptology, Harvard University Giza Archives Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Giza in 3DNew Approaches to Accessing Archaeological Data from the Giza Plateau Monday, January 17, 2010 6:00 PMAhmad Pasha Kamal HallSupreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)3 el-Adel Abu Bakr Street(at the intersection of al-Malak al-Afdal Street)Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt Reception to FollowParking 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.
Giza in 3D ...
Dr. Zahi HawassSecretary General of The Supreme Council of Antiquitiesis pleased to invite you toa lecture byPeter Der ManuelianProfessor of Egyptology, Harvard University Giza Archives Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Giza in 3DNew Approaches to Accessing Archaeological Data from the Giza Plateau Monday, January 17, 2010 6:00 PMAhmad Pasha Kamal HallSupreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)3 el-Adel Abu Bakr Street(at the intersection of al-Malak al-Afdal Street)Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt Reception to FollowParking 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.