The Funerary Chapel of Ka(i)pura
Saqqara, Egypt

Images

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The huge false door from the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura, carved from a single piece of limestone <br /> © Tom Jenkins

The huge false door from the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura, carved from a single piece of limestone
© Tom Jenkins
View of a group of offerings set in front of the false door of the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura.Rendering from the Learning Sites 3D computer model © 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. Used with permission.

View of a group of offerings set in front of the false door of the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura.Rendering from the Learning Sites 3D computer model © 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. Used with permission.
Funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura west wall, with the false door in the foreground; from the installation at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. © Tom Jenkins

Funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura west wall, with the false door in the foreground; from the installation at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. © Tom Jenkins
Closeup of the hieroglyphics on the false door of the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura © Bill Howze

Closeup of the hieroglyphics on the false door of the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura © Bill Howze
Preliminary computer graphics study of the images on the south wall of the funerary chapel, showing the process of hand coloring each element in the scene; the colors would eventually be muted and tinted to match the surviving paint. © 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. Used with permission

Preliminary computer graphics study of the images on the south wall of the funerary chapel, showing the process of hand coloring each element in the scene; the colors would eventually be muted and tinted to match the surviving paint. © 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. Used with permission
Closeup of the south wall reliefs with color subtleties and slight bump-mapping applied to approximate the original condition of the scenes. © 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. Used with permission

Closeup of the south wall reliefs with color subtleties and slight bump-mapping applied to approximate the original condition of the scenes.
© 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. Used with permission

Animation

View from the entry into the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura toward the south wall, with the false door on the far right. Animated rendering from the computer reconstruction of the chapel showing the subtle flicker and shadows from the flame. © 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. Used with permission

Interactive

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Artist’s rendition of the hieroglyphics on the south wall of the funerary chapel of Ka(i)pura depicting offering bearers and rows of prepared food
© 1997 Learning Sites, Inc. reproduced with permission.

Reference
Page Created: October 31, 2004
Page Updated: October 31, 2004
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Page Author: The Institute for the Visualization of History