The Digital Karnak Project aims to make the site of Karnak more accessible to students and instructors. As part of this goal, a three-dimensional computer model of the temple was constructed, offering students a completely new way to view the temple. The short animated videos in this section were created from the computer model to provide compelling imagery for classroom discussions.
Phase-by-Phase: Southeast - The chronological development of Karnak as seen from the southeast. 3min 17sec.
Phase-by-Phase: Northeast - The chronological development of Karnak as seen from the northeast. 3min 17sec.
Phase-by-Phase: Northwest - The chronological development of Karnak as seen from the northwest. 3min 17sec.
Phase-by-Phase: Southwest - The chronological development of Karnak as seen from the southwest. 3min 17sec.
Phase-by-Phase: Plan View - The chronological development of Karnak as seen in plan view. 3min 17sec.
Temple Fly-Around: General - This animation shows a general overview starting from the east gate and going to Pylon VII. 0min 50sec.
Temple Fly-Around: Sacred Lake - This animation navigates the viewer from eastern Karnak across the sacred lake to the Thutmose III shrine. 0min 47sec.
Temple Fly-Around: Thutmose IV - This animation showcases the Thutmose II 'Festival Court' during the reign of Thutmose IV. 1min 10sec.
Temple Fly-Around: Greco-Roman Period - This animation gives a general overview of the Amun complex during the Greco-Roman period. 1min 7sec.
Temple Walk-Through: Western Processional Route - This animation takes the viewer into the temple via the western gateway all the way to the central bark shrine. 1min 35sec.
Temple Fly-Through: Southern Processional Way - This animation shows the return along the southern processional route and ends at the sacred lake. 1min 9sec.
Temple Fly-Through: First Court - This animation flies into the Shoshenq I court via the 1st pylon to look around. 0min 43sec.
Hypostyle Hall & Clerestory Lighting - This animation gives an impression of the hypostyle hall as it would have looked at the end of the New Kingdom. 0min 39sec.
Osiris Catacombs - This animation takes the viewer inside the catacombs for a closer look. 0min 52sec.
Pylon Detail - This animation looks closely at the torus molding and cavetto cornice. 0min 40sec.
Semitic Museum Relief - An animation showing the original location of a relief panel housed at the Harvard Semitic Museum. 1min 20sec.