Explore the Pyramids and More In the Latest Street View Imagery in Google Maps

The latest update to Google Maps Street View imagery was released earlier today. The update features Street View imagery of the Pyramids of Giza. Although the imagery doesn't take you inside the pyramids, you can view them from outside just like a tourist in Egypt. Take a look at the video below for an overview of the new imagery.




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An Interactive Atlas of the Valley of the Kings

Atlas of the Valley of the Kings is an interactive atlas developed through the Theban Mapping Project. The atlas contains more than 2000 images and models of tombs in the Valley of the Kings. You can scroll through 250 interactive maps in the atlas, click on images, and watch 65 narrated video tours of tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

Applications for Education
The Theban Mapping Project offers a visual glossary of the terms used throughout the Atlas of the Valley of the Kings. The glossary on its own is worth having your students bookmark. When paired with the interactive atlas the glossary of terms makes a fantastic alternative to textbook passages about the Valley of the Kings.