Program

Public Programs: Digital Projects for the Public: Discovery Grants

Period of Performance

1/1/2017 - 12/31/2017

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$29,962.00 (approved)
$29,962.00 (awarded)


Evaluating Digital Platforms for an Immersive Ancient Egyptian Experience

FAIN: MD-253228-17

Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4007)
Erin Peters (Project Director: June 2016 to present)

Development of an immersive digital platform for new exhibitions on ancient Egypt.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History is applying for an NEH Digital Projects for the Public Discovery grant to initiate first-stage research and planning and produce a design document for an immersive virtual experience that will be central to the museum’s future exhibition, Egypt on the Nile. Discovery grant funding will allow the museum to investigate best possible options for the content and digital platform for the exhibit, which will virtually simulate a journey on the Nile in the royal funerary boat of pharaoh Senwosret III (c. 1887-1848 BCE), which was excavated at Dahshur and is currently in the museum’s Egyptian collection. This rare boat is one of only four known in museum collections excavated at Dahshur, and its study is important for scholarship in Egyptology, maritime archaeology, and art history. We propose to virtually recreate the boat’s original construction, use, and appearance, so it can be an emotive vessel for virtual travel in an immersive museum experience.





Associated Products

New Research on Ancient Egyptian Boat (Film/TV/Video Broadcast or Recording)
Title: New Research on Ancient Egyptian Boat
Writer: N/A
Abstract: The project team completed a short YouTube video about current research on the boat featuring Peters and Creasman (one of the advisory board members).
Year: 2017
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAeIW6rIXLo
Format: Web