While taking a break from my very cool but extremely confusing AutoCAD homework (read: procrastinating), I ran across a couple of fun sites that provide virtual tours of Egyptian pyramids.
The first one is in 3D (click here to open in a new window). Click the foot icon (towards the top of the image) to navigate the Great Pyramid of Giza. Use the arrow keys in your keyboard to navigate, and Q and A keys to look up or down respectively. Note that this is a commercial site, thus the accuracy of the animation could be questionable.
The next virtual tour comes from PBS's Nova web site. You'll need Quick Time for this. I found four animations, all of which can be navigated with the mouse or arrow keys:
- King Khufu's chamber, top view.
- Khufu's pyramid, standing at the top.
- Khafre pyramid, viewed from Khafre's Mortuary Temple.
- Sphinx, front view.
If you know of other virtual tours, specially as they would have been seen in ancient times, feel free to post a link in the comments!