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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 808 »

A most excellent series of resources tied together in a thoughtfully refined fashion.

Managed to get it working on an ancient 10yr old 'droid mobile with latest FF, likewise on a decade old tablet in latest Brave.

Not sure if you have any intention of scanning the Hawara complex, but if you can gain access to the below discussed datasets, & if there were any chance of linking your modelling to these scans, it would make a mindblowing visit to the underworld!

Scans of beneath Hawara are discussed by Dr Carmen Boulter & Klaus Dona here:

https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=hw1RSYIgr3I

As others have said, Muon scans have revealed hidden details in the Great Pyramid, but I have heard less chatter about these Hawara studies from 2014-15, regarding multiple long-distance water tunnels, possibly linking back to Giza & the water beneath the Great Pyramid.

When linked to the historic water damage around the base of the sphynx, the water separation/hydrogen power station theories suggested by various physicists (& HN posters) seem less fantastical. A feeder into the Great Pyramid (the specific name escapes, but can be seen as a peaked entrance towards one side) from these waters would cascade down through the complex & onwards towards Hawara, possibly explaining why the water under Giza & in the inland lake at Hawara are saline, but neither chemically match Nile or Med' waters.

Keep up the good work. ^_^

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

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Post by pencilguin »

ant6n wrote: post #210
pencilguin wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Properly, "box". There is no evidence a body was ever in it.

Is a car only a car once somebody drives it?

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.

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

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Post by wl »

pencilguin wrote: post #166
Abundnce10 wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Properly, "box". There is no evidence a body was ever in it.

It looks like all the other sarcophagi found in other Old Kingdom tombs. So no, "box" isn't specific enough.

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

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seydor wrote: post #118
Bad_CRC wrote: post #115

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with the normal browser?

Yes Matterport always worked well for me. Surprisingly i have found that some other startups in the VR real estate space do not work at all with the Quest. It's very odd to build a product that doesnt work with the (by far) most popular headset

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

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Post by pencilguin »

wl wrote: post #243
pencilguin wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Properly, "box". There is no evidence a body was ever in it.

It looks like all the other sarcophagi found in other Old Kingdom tombs. So no, "box" isn't specific enough.

"Other"? But is it really a tomb at all?

Wasn't the word "cenotaph" invented for things like it?

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

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Post by samplatt »

alanwreath wrote: post #219

I wish looking straight up wasn't blurry, I know this is a common problem with 360 camera's but I'd hoped that a camera of this caliber would account for it (even if with a little stitching) EDIT: I didn't say it (it goes without saying), but this is awesome, especially as a work of preservation.

It's using a [Matterport camera](https://www.amazon.com.au/Matterport-Professional-Experience...) - they capture from 3 vertical directions (+45.deg, level, and -45.deg), and then rotates in a circle.

Though the technical limitations are frustrating, the end result tends to be much higher quality than other, more manual software pipelines. Not to mention _significantly_ easier to process.

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

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Post by ygjb »

atdrummond wrote: post #135
zacharycohn wrote: post #133

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maybe don't post someone's phone number on the public internet without permission?

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.

Then link to the advertisement or webpage?
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