While staying safe at home, you can still satisfy your curiosity for ancient Egyptian wonders. This week the Egyptian Tourist Board has made four sites available to the world via digital platforms, most notably the 5,000-year-old tomb of Queen Meresankh III.
Her tomb was first excavated in 1927 by an American archaeologist. Now, a team from Harvard University has used 3D modelling to create a virtual tour of this ancient Giza tomb.
Queen Meresankh III was the granddaughter of the pharaoh Khufu, and was married to King Khafre.
Image: Screenshot from virtual tour of Meresankh III’s tomb via the Giza Project, Harvard University
The tomb consists of two floors comprising a main chamber and a lower level. Inside, you’ll see funerary ornaments, relief sculptures and statues, as well as Mereseankh’s black granite sarcophagus.
Tourists can usually access this site for 50 Egyptian pounds (R60). Now, you can view it for free. The 3D virtual tour also highlights artefacts and provides useful information.
In addition to this royal tomb, you may also ‘tour’ these three fascinating Egyptian sites:
The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Barquq in Cairo is a 14th-century Islamic complex in the capital’s medieval district.
Situated on the Nile’s west bank, The Red Monastery is a Coptic Orthodox church with elaborate frescoes decorating the ceilings and walls.
Ben Ezra Synagogue in Old Cairo is a site near to which many religious events are believed to have taken place in line with the Abrahamic faiths.
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