The Tomb of Nefertari [QV 66] Guided Virtual Tour
I 3d scanned the Tomb of Nefertari and am building this guided virtual tour, trying to bring in photogrammetry of artifacts that I've made at various museums. It crashes sometimes still on mobile devices. I wasn't able to take photogrammetry photos of the artifacts from the tomb in the Museo Egizio in Turin because they were traveling while I was there (and now the museum is closed to install a new roof anyhow), so I tried to include comparanda from other museums where I had scanned artifacts. I tested the same dataset with 3d Gaussian Splatting but that had lower resolution results for…
The Tomb of Nefertari [QV 66] Guided Virtual Tour launched on June 25, 2024 with 83 votes, #646 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
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The Tomb of Nefertari Guided Virtual Tour is an interactive 3D experience of the ancient Egyptian tomb created using photogrammetry scanning. It combines a 3D scan of the tomb itself with photogrammetry models of related artifacts from various museums to provide archaeological context. The tour is designed for history enthusiasts and students interested in exploring Egyptian burial sites. The experience is still in development with occasional mobile crashes, and incorporates museum artifacts as contextual comparisons to the original tomb contents.
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I 3d scanned the Tomb of Nefertari and am building this guided virtual tour, trying to bring in photogrammetry of artifacts that I've made at various museums. It crashes sometimes still on mobile devices. I wasn't able to take photogrammetry photos of the artifacts from the tomb in the Museo Egizio in Turin because…
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