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Peter Der Manuelian

Breaking the Wall to 3D Pyramids

Peter Der Manuelian

Future Learning

Imagine 50 or even 50,000 students, anywhere the world, using a VR device to stand together with the instructor virtually, in real time, at the famous Pyramids at Giza, Egypt. The Giza Project at Harvard University assembles information about all the archaeological activity at the Giza Pyramids. Using digital archaeology, the Project unites diverse documentation to produce powerful online and traditional academic research and educational tools and new teaching technologies. It presents academic information about Giza at all levels of expertise and provides a model of archaeological information management.

Tags: Education, Archaeology, Digital Humanities

Peter Der Manuelian

Harvard University

Peter Der Manuelian is Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology at Harvard University, and director of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. His Giza Project at Harvard present online past, present, and future archaeological activity at the Giza Pyramids. His interests include visualization and digital humanities approaches to the ancient world. Selected publications include Digital Giza. Visualizing the Pyramids; and Mastabas of Nucleus Cemetery G 2100; Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis.