Museum Without Walls

An article in The Globe and Mail discusses the new Eternal Egypt Project, which officially opened yesterday. This is a interactive web site that allows users to view many Egyptian cultural artifacts housed in the Egyptian Museum. It also features webcam footage of other key landmarks and tourist attractions within Egypt and multimedia features. The funding for the project was provided by IBM.

An article in The Globe and Mail discusses the new Eternal Egypt Project, which officially opened yesterday. This is a interactive web site that allows users to view many Egyptian cultural artifacts housed in the Egyptian Museum. It also features webcam footage of other key landmarks and tourist attractions within Egypt and multimedia features. The funding for the project was provided by IBM.The Eternal Egypt site also includes a “Library” page with links to various indepth information about Egypt and Egyptology and interactive elements such as a 3D views and virtual recreations of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The About page provides comprehensive details about the technical background of the site, such as the Content Management System and Image Acquisition processes adopted by the Eternal Egypt Project.