Gurob
Egypt

Images

Photograph showing the four wheels found among the fragments in the tomb; © 2005 Shelley Wachsmann; used with permission.

Photograph showing the four wheels found among the fragments in the tomb;
© 2005 Shelley Wachsmann; used with permission.
Photograph showing one side of the steering oar (quarter rudder) found among the fragments in the tomb; © 2005 Shelley Wachsmann; used with permission.

Photograph showing one side of the steering oar (quarter rudder) found among the fragments in the tomb;
© 2005 Shelley Wachsmann; used with permission.
Slant satellite view of Gurob in its eastern Mediterranean context. Courtesy Google Earth

Slant satellite view of Gurob in its eastern Mediterranean context. Courtesy Google Earth
Photograph of the port side of the assembled hull of the Gurob ship-cart model;<br /> © 2005 Shelley Wachsmann; used with permission.

Photograph of the port side of the assembled hull of the Gurob ship-cart model;
© 2005 Shelley Wachsmann; used with permission.
Rendering from an early virtual reality model of the Gurob ship; © 2006 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc

Rendering from an early virtual reality model of the Gurob ship; © 2006 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc
Rendering from the virtual reality model of the as-reconstructed Gurob ship, showing a button at the lower left to turn on the user controls; © 2007 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc.

Rendering from the virtual reality model of the as-reconstructed Gurob ship, showing a button at the lower left to turn on the user controls; © 2007 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc.
Rendering from the virtual reality model of the as-reconstructed Gurob ship, showing the user controls turned on so that various elements of the ship can be moved to visualize alternative designs; © 2007 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc.

Rendering from the virtual reality model of the as-reconstructed Gurob ship, showing the user controls turned on so that various elements of the ship can be moved to visualize alternative designs; © 2007 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc.
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VRML & QTVR

ancient shipclick to load the virtual reality model of the completed as-found ship, with as many of the extant pieces assembled as possible to show the main features of the ship itself; © 2007 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc.

click to load the Apple QuickTimeVR version of the completed as-found ship, with as many of the extant pieces assembled as possible to show the main features of the ship itself; this version was created so that Apple computer users could view our results, since actual virtual reality models do not work well on those systems; © 2011 Institute for the Visualization of History, Inc (22MB please be patient)

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