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Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by signal11 »

the_af wrote: post #5
staycoolboy wrote: post #2

That's just bonkers. So much writing on the walls! I wish the navigation was a little more like a FPS and less like Myst III, but I had to keep reminding myself: this isn't some level designer from 2000's, this is an actual tomb designer vision from 5000 years ago. Just bizarre. I wonder what it would look like illuminated by torchlight.

I wonder why it isn't more like an FPS. I understand there's more modelling work involved, but it would totally rock. Imagine if advanced engines like Unreal were put to work for this kind of things instead of just for games.

Assassins Creed have done this for Egypt and Greece — a “no fighting” educational sandbox you can explore or get guided tours[1].

It can be bought independently on PC and is quite cheap[2] — it was being given away for free recently.

[1] https://youtu.be/_yMDdQKfv70

[2] https://store.ubi.com/uk/bundle-discovery-tour-by-assassin-s...

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by the_af »

signal11 wrote: post #41
the_af wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder why it isn't more like an FPS. I understand there's more modelling work involved, but it would totally rock. Imagine if advanced engines like Unreal were put to work for this kind of things instead of just for games.

Assassins Creed have done this for Egypt and Greece — a “no fighting” educational sandbox you can explore or get guided tours[1]. It can be bought independently on PC and is quite cheap[2] — it was being given away for free recently. [1] https://youtu.be/_yMDdQKfv70 [2] https://store.ubi.com/uk/bundle-discovery-tour-by-assassin-s...

That's awesome! Wikipedia states it's based on research by the British Museum and other reputable institutions.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by mseepgood »

programmertote wrote: post #37

There are lots and lots of hieroglyph written on these walls. I'm assuming that the researchers have deciphered what those means (Rosetta Stone)? I really wish I could read what these means in English. That would really give a great insights about what people (maybe the pharaohs and/or rich people who can afford to build tombs like that) during that time thought was important/noteworthy.

> I really wish I could read what these means in English.

You can buy them on Amazon. Search for "pyramid texts", "book of the dead", etc.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by acidburnNSA »

I was impressed by this when it was posted a bit ago and am still impressed.

What's funny is that right after seeing this, my neighbors were selling their house. I checked out the listing and they had this same technology for a COVID-19 walkthrough linked right on the redfin page. They got two offers within a week. Pretty shcmancy!

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Post by einpoklum »

If you turn around immediately, you'll notice the ancient Egyptian mailbox next to the metal gate... and you can now write Ramesses a nice personal letter: "I know what you're going through - I too often feel like I'm buried under a ton of bricks." etc.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by wl »

programmertote wrote: post #37

There are lots and lots of hieroglyph written on these walls. I'm assuming that the researchers have deciphered what those means (Rosetta Stone)? I really wish I could read what these means in English. That would really give a great insights about what people (maybe the pharaohs and/or rich people who can afford to build tombs like that) during that time thought was important/noteworthy.

As someone who has a decent grasp of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs, I think your enthusiasm for these texts would be destroyed by reading them. I know from experience that the quickest way to bore someone I'm guiding through an Egyptian exhibit is to start reading and translating inscriptions. The context for much of what is written is more impenetrable than the language itself. You pick up a lot of that context by necessity in learning the language but it doesn't come through in translation.

Re: Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

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Post by wl »

netsharc wrote: post #30
aplummer wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

er, humans have agency to follow instruction easily in a way that animals do not.

Hmm, if it's just rules/fines, the chances are 0% that no one touches the thing, because it seems like guaranteed that an idiot will one day walk in there and touch something they're not meant to touch. So if you want to preserve it, probably barriers/distance is the only good enough protection.

Putting any of this on display, barriers or no, means you're slowly destroying it. If preservation were the primary aim, nobody would be allowed inside except epigraphers and photographers. Want to see these monuments? Look at the photographs, drawings, and models like this.
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