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Thanks for the feedback! Didn't know if people would like this. If this is interesting, and you'd like to learn more about Ancient Egypt, here are a few more si

Thanks for the feedback! Didn't know if people would like this. If this is interesting, and you'd like to learn more about Ancient Egypt, here are a few more sites that I've worked at: Luxor Temple: https://luxortemple.mused.org/en/guided/178/luxor-temple https://luxortemple.mused.org/en/guided/178/luxor-temple Tomb of Queen Meresankh III at Giza: https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/4/tomb-of-queen-meresankh-iii-g-7530-7540 https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/4/tomb-of-queen-meresankh-i... I've mostly been working around the Mediterranean, Central America, and Eastern Asia. I'll publish articles on our blog as the next come out in the future https://blog.mused.org/ https://blog.mused.org/

ndr 4y ago
I'm going on a tour in Luxor & other places in Egypt tomorrow. This amazing, thank you!
- lukehollis 4y ago
  Thanks for visiting! Let me know if you have any feedback or questions
- hi 4y ago
  @ndr I was just there earlier this year and would like to recommend a guide named Mohamed [redacted] to you (and anyone else who is visiting that area) who we met there and spent two days with in Luxor (Karnak & Luxor Temple) and driving down to Aswan (via Esna, Al Sharawna, El Kab and Edfu) from Luxor. Mobile: [redacted]
  - zacharycohn 4y ago
    maybe don't post someone's phone number on the public internet without permission?
    - atdrummond 4y ago
      This guide advertises his number for this purpose, as do most of the local guides. No worse than it being posted on Yelp, LonelyPlanet, etc.
      - ygjb 4y ago
        Then link to the advertisement or webpage?
  - alpha_squared 4y ago
    I was just there a couple weeks ago and, while Mohamed is an extremely common name, chances are it was the same Mohamed that was our tour guide as well. He's honestly phenomenal and (now) a good friend who I keep in touch with regularly.
jjallen 4y ago
By "worked at", what exactly do you mean?
- deleted 4y ago
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- lukehollis 4y ago
  I mean a site where I partnered with a local team and sometimes international partners to complete laser scanning and then built virtual tour with the Matterport SDK.
Abundnce10 4y ago
I loved the tour! You did an amazing job. I thought I should pass along that I found a misspelling. You wrote "sarcophaus" instead of "sarcophagus" in the text within the King's Chamber.
- lukehollis 4y ago
  Thanks for pointing this out!
- pencilguin 4y ago
  Properly, "box". There is no evidence a body was ever in it.
  - ant6n 4y ago
    Is a car only a car once somebody drives it?
    - pencilguin 4y ago
      Does a thing sorta car-shaped without wheels count as a car? This thing never even had a lid. (You could call it a car, I guess... Rectangular, and you can sit in it.) Many people hope a legitimate sarcophagus, with an actual mummy in, might yet be found.
      - pmontra 4y ago
        At which point of building a car separate parts become a car? And during maintenance (lets say engine replacement) is a car still a car? I'd say it is if meant to be used as a car again.
        pencilguin 4y ago
        Right. So, is a stone box in a pyramid chamber that there is no evidence ever held a corpse, or even had a lid, and certainly will not have a corpse in the future, really a sarcophagus? It seems to depend on overconfident assumptions. Given their experience, a decoy that looks like a looted tomb would just be good planning.
qwertox 4y ago
When I was in school, I visited my granddad during summer holidays. This was right before I would have history class for the first time at school, and my granddad showed me a book my dad gave him as a present, which was about the Pyramids in Egypt. I was fascinated by the book, and got to know that this is what history is about, so I got really excited. Holiday was over, school began, first hour of history class began. New book, looked at it, I think the first two pages were on Egypt. The topic took less than a class. I felt like "Wait, we can't go on, there's so much to learn about this" and immediately got disillusioned with history class. The site is awesome, it is what those first history classes should have been. It almost feels like you're there, thanks to the high resolution textures. And the guided tour feels so personal, as if there's someone with you at your site showing you the place. It really is a gift. Thank you.
- UberFly 4y ago
  Beautifully written comment.
- a9h74j 4y ago
  You might find some tiny encouragement seeing E.D. Hirsch's "Core Knowledge" curriculum efforts.[1] I don't see it on the reference page, but I have seen accounts of first-graders really taking to culture-and-civilization (and picture book) focussed units around "Ancient Egypt" etc. IIRC, E.D. Hirsch, in his book Cultural Literacy, related a conversation with educators. He offerred that children should be able to name and identify Earth's continents. As he reports it, the reply as if with disbelief was "Why would anyone need to know that." [1] https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/history-geography/ https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/history-geography/
antman 4y ago
Ok the pyramids are great, but it really doesn't compare with the fantastic job you've done on Luxor. I spent a whole day there, I think I will spent a couple more with this now. If this is compatible with Quest glasses I will buy them...
TeeMassive 4y ago
Do you use photogrametry or do you use professional 3D scanners?
- lukehollis 4y ago
  For this scan specifically, I used a Leica BLK 360 and Matterport Pro 2 Laser scanner and took photogrammetry photos as well. In the presentation layer using the Matterport SDK, only the laser scan data is displayed.

ndr 4y ago

I'm going on a tour in Luxor & other places in Egypt tomorrow. This amazing, thank you!

lukehollis 4y ago
Thanks for visiting! Let me know if you have any feedback or questions
hi 4y ago
@ndr I was just there earlier this year and would like to recommend a guide named Mohamed [redacted] to you (and anyone else who is visiting that area) who we met there and spent two days with in Luxor (Karnak & Luxor Temple) and driving down to Aswan (via Esna, Al Sharawna, El Kab and Edfu) from Luxor. Mobile: [redacted]
- zacharycohn 4y ago
  maybe don't post someone's phone number on the public internet without permission?
  - atdrummond 4y ago
    This guide advertises his number for this purpose, as do most of the local guides. No worse than it being posted on Yelp, LonelyPlanet, etc.
    - ygjb 4y ago
      Then link to the advertisement or webpage?
- alpha_squared 4y ago
  I was just there a couple weeks ago and, while Mohamed is an extremely common name, chances are it was the same Mohamed that was our tour guide as well. He's honestly phenomenal and (now) a good friend who I keep in touch with regularly.

jjallen 4y ago

By "worked at", what exactly do you mean?

deleted 4y ago
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lukehollis 4y ago
I mean a site where I partnered with a local team and sometimes international partners to complete laser scanning and then built virtual tour with the Matterport SDK.

Abundnce10 4y ago

I loved the tour! You did an amazing job. I thought I should pass along that I found a misspelling. You wrote "sarcophaus" instead of "sarcophagus" in the text within the King's Chamber.

lukehollis 4y ago
Thanks for pointing this out!
pencilguin 4y ago
Properly, "box". There is no evidence a body was ever in it.
- ant6n 4y ago
  Is a car only a car once somebody drives it?
  - pencilguin 4y ago
    Does a thing sorta car-shaped without wheels count as a car? This thing never even had a lid. (You could call it a car, I guess... Rectangular, and you can sit in it.) Many people hope a legitimate sarcophagus, with an actual mummy in, might yet be found.
    - pmontra 4y ago
      At which point of building a car separate parts become a car? And during maintenance (lets say engine replacement) is a car still a car? I'd say it is if meant to be used as a car again.
      - pencilguin 4y ago
        Right. So, is a stone box in a pyramid chamber that there is no evidence ever held a corpse, or even had a lid, and certainly will not have a corpse in the future, really a sarcophagus? It seems to depend on overconfident assumptions. Given their experience, a decoy that looks like a looted tomb would just be good planning.

qwertox 4y ago

When I was in school, I visited my granddad during summer holidays. This was right before I would have history class for the first time at school, and my granddad showed me a book my dad gave him as a present, which was about the Pyramids in Egypt. I was fascinated by the book, and got to know that this is what history is about, so I got really excited. Holiday was over, school began, first hour of history class began. New book, looked at it, I think the first two pages were on Egypt. The topic took less than a class. I felt like "Wait, we can't go on, there's so much to learn about this" and immediately got disillusioned with history class. The site is awesome, it is what those first history classes should have been. It almost feels like you're there, thanks to the high resolution textures. And the guided tour feels so personal, as if there's someone with you at your site showing you the place. It really is a gift. Thank you.

UberFly 4y ago
Beautifully written comment.
a9h74j 4y ago
You might find some tiny encouragement seeing E.D. Hirsch's "Core Knowledge" curriculum efforts.[1] I don't see it on the reference page, but I have seen accounts of first-graders really taking to culture-and-civilization (and picture book) focussed units around "Ancient Egypt" etc. IIRC, E.D. Hirsch, in his book Cultural Literacy, related a conversation with educators. He offerred that children should be able to name and identify Earth's continents. As he reports it, the reply as if with disbelief was "Why would anyone need to know that." [1] https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/history-geography/ https://www.coreknowledge.org/curriculum/history-geography/

antman 4y ago

Ok the pyramids are great, but it really doesn't compare with the fantastic job you've done on Luxor. I spent a whole day there, I think I will spent a couple more with this now. If this is compatible with Quest glasses I will buy them...

TeeMassive 4y ago

Do you use photogrametry or do you use professional 3D scanners?

lukehollis 4y ago
For this scan specifically, I used a Leica BLK 360 and Matterport Pro 2 Laser scanner and took photogrammetry photos as well. In the presentation layer using the Matterport SDK, only the laser scan data is displayed.