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Makapan Valley
Together with Taung Skull Fossil Sites, Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs, Makapan Valley is currently protected as National Heritage sites. And they are collectively called Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa, also dubbed the…
Gowrie House
Gowrie House is an intriguing piece of lost heritage. It was an old townhouse located in Perth, Scotland beside the River Tay and was constructed in the early 1520s. It was owned by the Ruthven family, an infamous yet noble family who held great…
Tags: Lost Heritage
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
It could be argued that the pinnacle of architectural design from medieval times can be found at the heart of the city of Paris. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, more commonly known simply as Notre-Dame, is a Catholic Cathedral that began construction…
Tags: Cultural>Site, Medieval
Notre Dame
Tags: Medieval
Giant's Causeway
Out of all of the many attractions that can be found in Northern Ireland, few, if any, are more famous and more renowned than the Giants Causeway. The Giant's Causeway is a location that would fit well into a fantasy novel or movie due to its alien…
Tags: Landscape
Giant's Causeway
Tags: Landscape
Mogao Cave
Mogao Caves, a site of great historic interest, lots of temples carved into the rockside.
Guoqing Temple
The Guoqing Temple is a Buddhist temple on Mount Tiantai, in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Originally built in 598 during the Sui Dynasty, and renovated during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735). It was the initial site for…
Redware Bowl
Red polished hand made bowl with loop on the rim for threading an attachment to a belt or bag. Thought to be a drinking vessel or multi-purpose bowl. Bronze Age.
Whorl
White on black ceramic spindle whorl with incised geometric design typical of the period. The white decoration is thought to be a paste which was used to infill the incisions. Spindle whorls are often found in grave contexts suggesting that there was…
Plank
Plank Figurine. Anthropomorphic design with a halo. Terracotta red painted geometric design which is well preserved. Plank figurines were commonly found in grave contexts in Cyprus. Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age.
Bell
Terracotta fashioned into an anthropomorphic figurine. Red painted geometric design and inside a small hole can clearly be seen where a thread could be tied to hold a bell. Bronze Age.
The Xagħra Twin Seated Figure
Twin figurine found in the Xagħra Stone Circle on the island of Gozo (Malta), dated between 4,100 and 2,500 BC. Thought to represent fertility, the left figurine is holding a baby figure.
Currently at the Ġgantija Temples Interpretation Centre.…
Tags: Malta, prehistoric
The Xagħra Twin Seated Figure
Twin figurine found in the Xagħra Stone Circle on the island of Gozo (Malta), dated between 4,100 and 2,500 BC. Thought to represent fertility, the left figurine is holding a baby figure.
Currently at the Ġgantija Temples Interpretation Centre.…
Tags: Malta, prehistoric
Linlithgow Palace - 1560
The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are situated in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles (24 km) west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries, and the…
Callanish Stone Circle
Callanish X (also known as "Na Dromannan" and "Druim Nan Eun") Callanish (or "Calanais") Stone Circle.
The Isle of Lewis has an extraordinarily rich prehistoric landscape, with monuments dating back more than 5,000 years to the Neolithic period. The…
St Andrews Tolbooth - 1565
Location: Middle of Market Street. Date Built: Twelfth to nineteenth centuries.
Outlined in the paving on Market Street is the location of St Andrews' former tolbooth (the Scottish equivalent of a town hall). We do not know precisely when St…
Brora Salt Pans - 16th and 18th century
The Virtual Histories Project was a collaboration between four museums (Eyemouth Museum, Shetland Museum, Taigh Chearsabhagh and Timespan) and the University of St Andrews School of Computer Science, the School of History and the SCAPE Trust.
In…
Tags: Cultural>Site, Early Modern, Industrial Site
Virtual Harlem - 1920
The Virtual Harlem Project is a virtual representation of Harlem, NY as it existed during the 1920s Jazz Age. Created by Dr Bryan Carter @bcmini
In 2012, the Virtual Harlem Project was ported to Open Sim. The project is currently housed by us,…
Poets’ Neuk – St Andrews
In 2018, we collaborated with Bill Borthwick from the St Andrews Preservation Trust on a virtual representation of Poets’ Neuk, Mary Queen of Scots Memorial Garden, an abandoned plot on the corner of St Mary's Place and Greyfriars Garden in St…
Tags: Cultural>Site, Future, Urban Settlement
Edinburgh - Grassmarket c1544
Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of…
Edinburgh - West Bow c1544
Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of…
Edinburgh - Cowgate c1544
Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of…
Tags: Modern, Urban Settlement
Edinburgh - Netherbow Port c1544
Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of…
Edinburgh - St Giles Kirk c1544
Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of…
Edinburgh - Trinity College c1544
Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of…
Edinburgh - Holyrood Palace c1544
Our depiction of Edinburgh and the Canongate was inspired by a drawing in the British Library made by the English military engineer Richard Lee, who accompanied Hertford’s forces in 1544. Lee’s drawing is the earliest moderately realistic picture of…
The Augustinian Abbey of Scone – 1390
Scone Abbey, a historic Augustinian abbey in Scotland, was founded in the 12th century and elevated to an abbey in 1169. The abbey was destroyed by a mob from Dundee during the Reformation in 1559. The site of the Abbey now lies under the front lawn…
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 region East of Reykjavik, Iceland. In 2007, (Scandinavian Section, and the Cotsen Institute of…
Dun an Sticir - Iron Age Broch
The site of Dun an Sticir on North Uist forms a reminder of how different societies adapted and reused structures over time. About 2000 years ago a broch was built on a man-made island in Loch an Sticir. Brochs were relatively tall circular buildings…
Tags: Cultural>Monument, Fortification, Iron Age
Berwickshire Marine Reserve
The Berwickshire Marine Reserve was established in the 1980s to protect the remarkable coastal waters between Eyemouth and St Abbs Head. This area of the Scottish coastline is home to a remarkable mix of marine life, including grey seals, bottlenose…
Tags: Modern, Natural Site, Seascape
Loch na h-Airde Viking Dockyard - The 12th c. Viking Dockyard on Skye
Our Viking Dockyard reconstruction was part of an exclusive video ' Skye Story' created for the AROS Centre on Skye. Cupido started 1st of September 2018. As part of the 'Skye Story', we reconstructed various periods to tell the story of evolution on…
Skye - Dunscaith Castle - 1300
Our Dunscaith reconstruction is part of an exclusive video ' Skye Story' created for the AROS Centre on Skye. Cupido started 1st of September 2018. As part of the 'Skye Story', we reconstructed various periods to tell the story of evolution on the…
Laconia Acropolis Virtual Archaeology (LAVA) Project
The Laconia Acropolis Virtual Archaeology project (LAVA) is a cooperative archaeological learning environment developed to address the need for students to be able to engage with realistic archaeological excavation scenarios.
The practice of…
Tags: Cultural>Monument, Medieval, Religious Site
Skriðuklaustur Monastery - 1550
The Skriðuklaustur cloister was the last one to be founded during Iceland’s Catholic period, i.e. shortly before the country’s 16th-century Reformation. It was thus active for less than six decades, and could scarcely be said to have flourished for…
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 improved technologies and graphics 10 years later in 2024.
St Kilda was declared by UNESCO as a…
Fethaland Fishing Station - 1890
Using archaeological survey data and PointCloud scan data, we have created an accurate 3D interactive reconstruction of Fethaland fishing station as it would have looked in 1890, this gives a better understanding of the history of this site and…
Skye - Jurassic
Jurassic Skye was created as part of an exclusive video, ' Skye Story' created for the AROS Centre on Skye. Cupido started 1st of September 2018. As part of the 'Skye Story', we reconstructed various periods to tell the story of evolution on the…
Tags: Jurassic, Landscape, Natural>Site
Finlaggan - Lords of the Isles 15thc
"In the late medieval period, Loch Finlaggan in Islay of the Inner Hebrides was an important power base. The two islands of Eilean Mor (or Large Isle) and Eilean na Comhairle (or Council Isle) on the loch were the site of a major residence of the…
Helmsdale - 1890
During the nineteenth century the village of Helmsdale in Sutherland was one of the largest centres for herring fishing in Scotland. The village and harbour were built around 1818 as part of efforts at economic development by the Sutherland Estate.…
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 enabled the cultivation of barley, wheat, and oats, and the keeping of horses, sheep, and cattle. Although…
