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Digital Giza - Visualizing the Pyramids (Paperback)
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Digital Giza - Visualizing the Pyramids (Paperback)
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The Pyramids on the Giza Plateau represent perhaps the most famous
archaeological site in the world, capturing on tomb walls frozen
moments from almost every aspect of life in ancient Egypt. This
book, by one of the foremost experts on the history of Giza,
explores new approaches to "cataloging" the site, highlighting
efforts at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Harvard University.
The site experienced its first "golden age" as the burial place of
three pharaohs of the Egyptian Old Kingdom (Dynasty 4, ca.
2640-2510 BCE). A second golden age came almost five millennia
later, when the first modern excavators applied their newly devised
archaeological craft to the Giza Plateau. Now, with the advent of
many new technologies in the twenty-first century, the Giza
Necropolis is available in two, three, and even four dimensions.
Children and specialized scholars alike may study the material
culture of this ancient civilization from afar, often with greater
access than could be achieved in person. However, these new
approaches do raise questions: Does 3-D modeling and animation
truly improve scholarly comprehension and interpretation? Can
interacting with animations still be called scholarship? Where is
the border between academic knowledge and mere entertainment?
Through specific case studies and an in-depth history of this
important project, Peter Der Manuelian provides an excellent model
for other digital visualization initiatives. He also offers more
general philosophical reflection on the nature of visualization in
archaeology and speculates about emerging technologies and how they
may be useful in the future.
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