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The Uros people live on floating islands in Lake Titicaca, Peru. They have been building these islands from reeds and straw since pre-Incan times.…

Dwelling on the floating islands of Uros, Lake Titicaca, Peru

The houses and islands are made from reeds

Uros Floating islands

Uros floating islands in Lake Titicaca

Totora Reed Boat

Traditional boat near the Uros islands, made from totora reeds, used to travel to the Peruvian mainland and for touristic purposes

Iceland - Viking Mosfell 1063

Working with the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) – members of the MAP Project, Davide Zori Phd and Professor Jesse Byock. Mosfell is in the…

St Kilda - 1880

We created the very successful 'Virtual St Kilda' exhibit for Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum, North Uist in 2014 and again as an updated exhibit with…

Cean Roundhouse 500BC

During the Iron Age the Strath of Kildonan in Sutherland was home to many small farming communities. The relatively mild climate of this period…

Caen Highland Township - 1813

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the inhabitants of many small farming communities in the Scottish Highlands were forced to leave their…

Bennachie Colony - 1850

During the early nineteenth century crofters driven out from their original homes settled on common land at Bennachie in Aberdeenshire. They…

Lair Longhouses, Glenshee - 800

This video was created in conjunction with Perth & Kinross Heritage Trust and the University of St Andrews, School of Computer Science, Open Virtual…

Illicit Whisky Still - 1820

The Illicit Still Experience engages audiences in the area’s unique history in illegal whisky creation and smuggling. The area is now known for famous…

Cottown Clay House - 1850

Earth houses have a long history in the British Isles. Today many people still admire the picturesque mudwall or ‘cob’ cottages of Devon and Somerset.…