by Peggy M. Sanders
from
OrientalInstituteComputerLaboratory
Website
This update focuses on the architectural components of the Giza
pyramids. Peggy Sanders, an independent computer
graphics specialist with Archaeological Graphics Services, continues
to build the three-dimensional model of the Giza Plateau and
its architecture. Since February 1997, the model is being
constructed on a Dell OptiPlex GXpro, 200MHz with 128 MB RAM, using
AutoCAD Release 14.
Construction of the Giza model continues under the
direction of
Dr. Mark Lehner. At the Oriental Institute periodically as a
visiting professor, Dr. Lehner now heads up AERA,
Ancient Egypt Research Associates, based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Among its many goals is an
interactive model of the Giza plateau.
One by one, each of the architectural models is being created with
accurate, three-dimensional details from published maps, survey, and
excavation reports. Models have now been completed for the following
monuments: Khafre Mortuary Temple, Khafre Valley Temple, the Sphinx
Temple; Menkaure Mortuary Temple, Menkaure Valley Temple; the
interior chambers of the Khafre and Menkaure pyramids, and the
interior chambers and temples of the Queens' pyramids for both the
Khafre and Menkaure pyramids.
("click" on
photos to enlarge)
Sphinx Temple
Wireframe and Shaded
Models
Khafre Pyramid Complex
Wireframe and Shaded
Models
Khufu Pyramid Complex
Wireframe and Shaded
Models
Menkaure Pyramid Complex
Wireframe and Shaded
Models
Giza Plateau
