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Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

cjauvin wrote: post #46

Many years ago I had the chance to visit the Pyramid of Giza but when it was time to go inside it, I've been instantly stopped by my visualization of how I would feel in this tight and claustrophobic space (almost crouching in some places, I've been told), especially if there are many people at the same time, and you cannot easily move.. So I'm very glad to be able to finally see it with such an amazing technology, t…

Thanks so much for this feedback—providing accessibility for these spaces is a huge concern for our future work.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by hi »

ndr wrote: post #94
lukehollis wrote: post #71

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 Tomb of Queen Meresankh III at Giza: https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/4/tomb-of-queen-meresankh-i... I've mostly been working around the Mediterranean, Central Amer…

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

@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]

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by anthk »

erickhill wrote: post #93

Very cool. I wish there was a 2D "dungeon crawler" map overlay of some kind so I could see where I am and what direction I'm facing as I progress into the structure. I start to lose my bearings. I was fortunate to go inside the pyramid as a child in 1980 when I was 9. I remember it feeling quite claustrophobic at the time, and I wasn't exactly big. Once inside you quickly lose the scale of the thing (or at least I di…

I want the reverse. Dungeons generated a la street view for a Nethack ascii map instead of tiles. As the game it's turn based, it would be usable after all even underpowered machines.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by c7DJTLrn »

Egyptology is so fascinating. When I was in primary school, the teacher did a really special lesson I'll never forget. The classroom was decorated like a tomb - the windows were blacked out and the tables were arranged in a way that we had to crawl in to start the lesson. We went through puzzles and explored pyramids on the projector. When some pupils were distracted by the table tunnel, the teacher stayed in the character of an archeologist and warned them to keep away for the tunnel may collapse at any moment. Now that's teaching.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by jjallen »

lukehollis wrote: post #71

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 Tomb of Queen Meresankh III at Giza: https://giza.mused.org/en/guided/4/tomb-of-queen-meresankh-i... I've mostly been working around the Mediterranean, Central Amer…

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

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by spullara »

HPsquared wrote: post #40

Semi-related, the Great Pyramid was also scanned using muon radiography, by which a "big void" was discovered [0]. Muons can penetrate through a lot of material, so they can see through very large, thick things like the pyramids. Muon tomography was also used to scan the Fukushima reactors [1] and see where the fuel ended up. [0] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.01576.pdf [1] https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Muons-sug…

Wild. I was speculating about this in 2003 on my blog. Very interesting news.

https://javarants.com/deconstructing-the-pyramids-76081876b3...

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by alberth »

My takeaways:

- From the entrance, all the way to the Grand Gallery ... it doesn't not feel like that was an intended entrance path. It gives the vibe of an auxiliary tunnel (not main path).

- It's extremely "industrial". For what historians claim to be a monument, there's not a single hieroglyphic that I saw. It was the opposite of being ornate or lavish.

- There's numerous deep groves intended to guide something large carved into the granite in many of the larger spaces (like immediately outside the Kings Chambers). Similar to what you'd find in a Steel Mill to guide large hot containers. It appears as if this was a structure used to manufacturer something (not a tomb of a pharaoh). See previous point.

Note: I'm not trying to spread rumors or create speculation. Just my observations from viewing this incredible 3D scan (much appreciation to the author for capturing this incredible marvel)

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

c7DJTLrn wrote: post #124

Egyptology is so fascinating. When I was in primary school, the teacher did a really special lesson I'll never forget. The classroom was decorated like a tomb - the windows were blacked out and the tables were arranged in a way that we had to crawl in to start the lesson. We went through puzzles and explored pyramids on the projector. When some pupils were distracted by the table tunnel, the teacher stayed in the cha…

Sounds like a great teacher! Not in Egypt but elsewhere a tunnel collapsed on me + 4 really incredible people on site helping with the scan. We dug ourselves out with our hands. Your teacher knew the real deal.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

JofArnold wrote: post #120

Incredible. Thank you so much for that. What an incredible project and one I think will make a huge impact for years. Question. I noticed a very unusual experience I've not felt before in a 3D world; I started to feel claustrophobic - so much so I had to close the tab. I'm curious; has anyone else experienced the same do you know? If so, any ideas why it should be so powerful a feeling in this particular case?

That’s super interesting—thanks for the feedback. I’m really curious if others have felt this also.

Re: Show HN: I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza

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Post by lukehollis »

smusamashah wrote: post #98

You should try processing your photo dataset with a NERF based tool. They are much better at rebuilding the 3D structure from set of images. EDIT: There is this for example https://github.com/nerfstudio-project/nerfstudio

Thanks so much—I’ll try this out!
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