Hetepheres Tomb

Secrets of the Lost Queen

Join us on an interactive, history-based, virtual reality adventure joined with a digital exhibition about one of the greatest discoveries made at the Giza necropolis.

Retrace the steps of famous archeologists and ancient royals to find and restore their lost treasures.


Available On:

  Meta Quest Store     •       Hetepheres Tomb on Steam     •     Selected Museums



Description

In 1925, the Harvard University & Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition under George Reisner made one of its greatest discoveries at Giza:

Buried under sand, hidden among other tombs, lay the mysterious tomb G 7000X, which some believe was the final resting place of Queen Hetepheres I., mother of pharaoh Khufu.


Join the expedition that discovered this strange tomb and help them solve the mysteries that lay within.

Narrated by famous Egyptologist and Harvard Professor Peter Manuelian, you can visit a tomb that has been sealed shut for almost a century.

Uncover and restore some of the invaluable artifacts to learn about the researcher's work and how it continues till present times.

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The game is currently exclusively available for playing with VR-headsets.

We want it to be fun to play for individuals but also to be played in an educational contexts (schools, museums, ...).


* Each experience ends with players being able to explore the final exhibition.

Interested?

If you like to interested hosting "Hetepheres Tomb", feel free to reach out using the contacts at the bottom!

Credits

This game was created by Luca Dreiling.

It was developed as part of a cooperation of the   Giza Project at Harvard University (Represented by Peter Manuelian) and the   Digital Humanities Masters Profile of the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Represented by Kevin Körner).

Further Contributors & Special Thanks


Pictures & Information:

  • Giza Project at Harvard University (2024). Digital Giza. Available at: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/ (Accessed: 25 December 2024).
  • Manuelian, P.D. (2023, October 20) "Walking among pharaohs: George Reisner and the dawn of modern Egyptology". New York, NY: Oxford University Press (Accessed: 25 December 2024).
  • Der Manuelian, P. (2018) "The Lost Throne of Queen Hetepheres from Giza: An Archaeological Experiment in Visualization and Fabrication", Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 53, pp. 1–46. Available at: https://lockwoodonlinejournals.com/index.php/jarce/article/view/222 (Accessed: 25 December 2024).

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