5 Must Explore 3D Virtual Tours of Places of Historical Significance

Even while in COVID-19 lockdown measures, you can still virtually get out and explore these incredible 3D virtual tours of culturally & historically significant places.

ONE: Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses VI Tomb

A really interesting and simple to explore 3D virtual tour of an Egyptian tomb. Being in 3D it’s easy to grasp the scale of the tunnel and the tomb space at the end of the tunnel.

Ramesses VI was buried in the Valley of the Kings, in a tomb now known as KV9. For more info on Ramesses VI, Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_VI

TWO: Tomb of Menna

Continuing on the Egyptian tomb theme, take a 3D virtual tour of a smaller but well preserved (Built over 3,000 years ago) ‘Tomb of Menna’. This 3D tour features information points allowing you to learn much more about the tomb and its history from within the virtual tour.

THREE: Four Buddha Temple (Bagan)

One of over 10,000 Buddhist temples created in the Bagan area between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries during the Pagan Kingdom’s height. This virtual tour is simple, but provides a clean look at the four Buddha’s.

FOUR: Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine

Historic copper mine and in 1773 became the United States first federal prison (Workhouse & prison for convicted felons). It was called “New-Gate” after London’s notorious prison.

FIVE: Yorktown Battlefield

Featured on the list as this 3D virtual tour is a bit different being primarily outside. This historic battlefield was the location of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War for American independence from Britain.  In 1781, General George Washington, with allied American and French forces, besieged General Charles Lord Cornwallis’s British army.  On October 19, Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending the war. For more information on this park, visit https://www.nps.gov/york/index.htm.

Bonus: Wahtye Tomb

Interactively explore the incredible tomb of Wahtye in Saqqara, Egypt (desert west of modern Cairo). Uncovered in 2018 and considered one of the most important archeological discoveries of the decade. The tomb belonged to a fifth dynasty high priest of ‘purification’. Learn more on National Geographic here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/12/relief-statues-discovered-priest-royal-purification-tomb-saqqara-pyramid-egypt/

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