Newly Sited

A new article (October 2023) co-authored by Learning Sites president, Donald H. Sanders, has been added to the site's bibliography describing a recent project undertaken by our sister organization, the Institute for the Visualization of History. The project entailed using innovative interactive 3D modeling techniques to imagine how an object appearing in two dimensions on late Archaic-period black-figure skyphoi might actually have looked like and been used.

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The Tower of David, Jerusalem, has just reopened with renovated and updated exhibits, including a dynamic display of the Arch of Titus spoils panel showing, through special effects, the transition from the current broken state into the full colorized reconstruction.

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Learning Sites (June 2023) will provide a video flythrough of the Assyrian Northwest Palace, Nimrud, to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya museum in Mumbai and very high-resolution renderings of its 3D digital reconstruction of the 1st-century BCE sanctuary atop Nemrud Dagi, Turkey, to Historia National Geographic of Spain for their article on the history of the site and its excavations.

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One of Learning Sites' flyovers of the ancient Nubian site of Jebel Barkal will be featured on the Discovery Channel program called "Expedition Unknown." The specific episode will air May 31, 2023, at 9:00pm Eastern time (it is part 2 of a series; the first episode of that series airs at the same time on May 24, 2023). The show will air simultaneously on the Discovery's online platform.

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Donald H. Sanders, president of Learning Sites has been interviewed by the Harvard Museums of Culture & Science for a podcast on the excavations of Theresa Goell atop Nermud Dagi, Turkey (one of Learning Sites' first interactive virtual worlds). Related material can be found on the Museum's social media sites: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Learning Sites has fulfilled its contract with the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, the Netherlands, for their current exhibtion about the ancient port settlement at Byblos (modern Jbail, Lebanon). Learning Sites has created a series of digital 3D reconstructions of the site visualizing three major periods of its history (see Learning Sites' YouTube channel and Instagram feed for images).

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Learning Sites has signed a contract (May 2022) with the Louvre to provide them with visualizations for their current exhibition on ancient Nubia. On May 25, 2022, the Louvre will host a lecture in its auditorium entitled "Taharqa, découvreur des deux Nils, fondateur de Philæ", given by Sylvie Cauville. The presentation will feature several images from Learning Sites 3D model reconstructions of the sites of Jebel Barkal and Nuri (such as the one seen here). Afterwards, the lecture will be posted on the museum's YouTube channel through May 2024.

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The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, the Netherlands, is preparing for the opening (on December 17, 2021) of a new exhibition entitled Emperor Domitian: God on Earth. Learning Sites will be providing the exhibition with several innovative visualizations of heretofore unseen aspects of ancient Rome. PR for the exhibition is already kicking in and Learning Sites renderings are featured. For example: the Dutch museum journal Museumtijdschrift has a view of our palace in their latest issue--scroll down the page to Museumtijdschrift 8 - 2021 and open the Issuu online edition to page 10! And, the Dutch lifestyle magazine Villa d'Arte also has an article on Domitian featuring one of our renderings; when you open the ezine, go to page 189 (or type "Domitianus" in the search box)!

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Amelia the Archaeologist (Apr. 2021) has created a video about Theresa Goell, excavator of Nemrud Dagi, and a give-away on her Website, and will be creating additional videos about the site with the assistance of Donald H. Sanders, president of Learning Sites and images from our 3D reconstruction of the extraordinary monument.

Learning Sites (Mar. 2021) will be supplying the Cincinnati Art Museum with images from our 3D reconstruction of the Northwest Palace, Nimrud for their new interactive, touch-screen gallery resource.

Learning Sites (Feb. 2021) has signed agreements to provide customized animated flythroughs of our 3D reconstruction of the Northwest Palace, Nimrud, to the Denver Art Museum (showing the context of their relief from the palace) and to the venerable Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) for their newly renovated Assyrian Gallery.

Learning Sites has been selected as the "Most Innovative Education Resource Provider in the United States" by Corporate Vision Magazine, in its annual Global Business Award program !

Donald H. Sanders, president of Learning Sites, spoke via Zoom on August 10, 2020, at the first virtual National Arts Club of NYC meeting. His topic was: "Why So Many Realities? how virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality help archaeologists relive the past." For those who missed the presentation or want to review the key points, here is the link to video of the talk.

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Some archaeology-themed humor has been added to our Website (updated February 26, 2020)!

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Learning Sites is re-imagining the Northwest Palace at Nimrud, especially the decorative designs of the walls and the widespread use of brilliant colors, which completely changes the way we understand Assyrian buildings.

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Learning Sites' rendering of an Assyrian queen has been chosen to grace January 2018's issue of the prestigious journal, American Journal of Archaeology. There is also a full article in the issue about the queen, including additional images of our first-ever depiction of a fully clothed and bejeweled Assyrian queen. Soon, the queen will find her rightful place inside our virtual recreations of Assyrian palaces.

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Learning Sites president, Donald H. Sanders, awarded the international Tartessos Prize for lifetime achievement in virtual archaeology.