Modern techniques have enabled visitors to the Museum of the Library of Alexandria to return to ancient times
Cairo - The Bibliotheca Alexandrina on Tuesday organized a ceremony entitled "The Keys of Rome", in conjunction with four European countries, which also celebrates the Roman Empire in order to make its history known as an integral part of its composition.
Karam, the Egyptian young man who wanted to travel around his country, which has about a third of the world's monuments, did not imagine that he could finally visit virtual places dating back to the Roman era without moving in front of a display in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Museum, View in different cities around the world.
A few meters away from a large display, Karam stopped on Wednesday, moving his hands left and right, according to the instructions of one of the guides, who asked him to point his fingers at the gate of the Sarbium temple in the second century AD. The rare archaeological, holding it, in a virtual image closer to reality. The "Keys of Rome" project, within the framework of the research of virtual museums, which cost about € 170,000, funded by the European Union over four years, succeeded in achieving the dream of Karam and other Egyptian youth to interact and coexist with artifacts dating back to the Roman Empire. Rarely seen or controlled.
The "Keys to Rome" project costs around € 170,000
The virtual project is presented in four cities: the city of Rome, the immediate imperial museum, the city of Alexandria, the Archaeological Museum of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the city of Amsterdam in the museum of Alard Pearson, and finally the city of Sarajevo at the city council headquarters.
"I have long wished to go back to the past, to see the various artifacts," says Karam, who appeared to be overflowing with time and living in a virtual reality of the Roman era.
It was almost impossible. Now, for example, I can visit the ancient port of Alexandria, which dates back to the third century, and watch the effects of this era on that screen. And even more, I feel that I held masks and papyrus in my hand without any barrier.
The project, which was started by Mohammed Farouk, its executive director and director of the Center for the Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage at the Library, is a theoretical study that has been completed in four cities - Cairo, Rome, Sarajevo and Amsterdam.
"These systems are based primarily on the modern technology of 3D imaging and the normal movement of the computer," Farouk said. "The person controls the computer screen, without using a medium, only using the movement of his hands, so that he can finally find himself facing the effects of civilization. Which was founded by Emperor August 27 BC. 3 months between the completion of the research project and the beginning of his experience today to obtain visitors' feedback for the development of modern technologies and the design of similar systems in more museums,
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