Culturama: A journey through time

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CULTURAMA, a uni que, interactive mu ltimedia program w hich was on dis-

play at WIPO ear lier this summer, opens a w indow onto Egypt’s spec tacular

cultural a nd natural herita ge. It offers an immer sive virtual journ ey across

time, with m aterial spa nning 5,0 00 years of hu man civili zation fro m the

pharaohs of A ncient Egypt to the pres ent day. Mr. Mohamed Farouk, who

conceptu alized and developed C ULTURAMA wit h his colleagues at t he Cen-

ter for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT), in Cairo,

Egypt expla ins how the proj ect came abou t and its pri nciple objec tives.

CULTUR AMA:

A JOURNEY

THROUGH TIME

Phot o: CU LTNAT

Karna k Temple is a vast open-air mus eum

and the larges t ancient religiou s site in the

world. Approxi mately 30 phara ohs contributed

to the build ings, enabli ng it to reach a size,

complexity a nd diversity not se en elsewhere.

e Nilometer in C airo is a unique h istorical

site. It was use d to measure the leve ls of

the Nile Riv er during the an nual ood

season; to reg ulate water d istribution and

to calcul ate the levels of ta xes to be paid.

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