Dreaming the Sphinx
King Thutmose IV at Giza
Free
2.1.5for iPhone, iPad and more
8.5
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Archimedes Digital
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382.2 MB
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Apr 5, 2021
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Education
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4+
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About Dreaming the Sphinx
The Great Sphinx at Giza dates to the reign of King Khafre, of Dynasty 4, about 2576–2551 BCE. In between its front legs stands a royal granite stela inscribed in hieroglyphs that dates to more than 1,000 years later (Dynasty 18, about 1401 to 1391 BCE).
At the top of the decorated stela, beneath the mirror image figures of Thutmose IV pouring ritual drink and offering incense to the Sphinx, the story contained in the many horizontal lines of hieroglyphs is a romantic piece of royal propaganda. The young Prince Thutmose falls asleep in the shadow of the Sphinx’s head, which means that the rest of the body must have been buried under the sand in his day. The Sphinx, in the form of the sun god, then appears to him in a dream, right when the sun was at its highest point, emphasizing the solar connection. The Sphinx offers Thutmose the throne if he will only clear all the sand covering its body. After these events took place, Thutmose ordered his craftsmen to carve the stela—from one of the granite blocks from Khafre’s pyramid temple—and set it up between the Sphinx’s front legs. The text tells us this happened in his first year as king, but this too may be propaganda. The story presents Thutmose’s “divine right” to the throne as the legitimate pharaoh of Egypt.
This augmented reality app recreates the context of the Dream Stela and the Sphinx at different points in time and allows the visitor to stand virtually in front of the text, between the legs of the Sphinx itself. It also provides information about Thutmose IV and this stela, the Sphinx, and the great archaeological site of the Giza Pyramids.
At the top of the decorated stela, beneath the mirror image figures of Thutmose IV pouring ritual drink and offering incense to the Sphinx, the story contained in the many horizontal lines of hieroglyphs is a romantic piece of royal propaganda. The young Prince Thutmose falls asleep in the shadow of the Sphinx’s head, which means that the rest of the body must have been buried under the sand in his day. The Sphinx, in the form of the sun god, then appears to him in a dream, right when the sun was at its highest point, emphasizing the solar connection. The Sphinx offers Thutmose the throne if he will only clear all the sand covering its body. After these events took place, Thutmose ordered his craftsmen to carve the stela—from one of the granite blocks from Khafre’s pyramid temple—and set it up between the Sphinx’s front legs. The text tells us this happened in his first year as king, but this too may be propaganda. The story presents Thutmose’s “divine right” to the throne as the legitimate pharaoh of Egypt.
This augmented reality app recreates the context of the Dream Stela and the Sphinx at different points in time and allows the visitor to stand virtually in front of the text, between the legs of the Sphinx itself. It also provides information about Thutmose IV and this stela, the Sphinx, and the great archaeological site of the Giza Pyramids.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.1.5
Last updated on Apr 5, 2021
Old Versions
Added animations and features.
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Version History
2.1.5
Apr 5, 2021
Added animations and features.
1.2.15
Sep 19, 2018
Update Store Listing with new images of application updates; update Sphinx target to use new target from gallery installation.
1.2.12
Jul 8, 2018
1.2.12: Bugfixes for UI and increased support for device aspect ratios; added the ability to re-align the Giza world and mini-sphinx; fixed Stela / Vuforia target recognition issues by cleaning up our Vuforia image target dataset; many other smaller bugfixes.
1.2.11
Jun 19, 2018
1.2.11: Resolve issues with tracking in gallery; scrolling text fields reset to top; Sphinx target is not detected while in magic window mode; other minor fixes for translation and gallery tracking; reduce build size.
1.1
Jun 1, 2018
1.1: Bugfixes for lights with Vuforia, some UI adjustments tested across platforms; translation UI fixes for timing of animations.
1.0
May 24, 2018
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iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
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