Interpretations

Audio interpretation has been available for some time on the Virtual World Project. Now, a textual for of the interpretation is viewable in the same window where the bibliography is found. Above the window, one may choose between bibliography and interpretation. One may also print either by selecting the print button.

version 2.0

All the sites from version 1.0 are now accessed through the table of contents of version 2.0. In other words, all the sites in the project are accessed through a single page. Gradually, we are updating all the version 1 sites, from oldest sites to more recent sites.

Paleolithic through Iron Age Period

Version 2.0 of the Virtual World Project has now been updated to include all sites from the Paleolithic period through the Iron Age. Sites after these periods are being converted to 2.0, and sites that have yet to be completed are also being updated in a completed form.

Version 2.0 update

All Neolithic–Late Bronze Age sites have been updated to the new version 2.0 format, and should be accessed using version 2.0. We are presently working on updating all the Iron Age sites.

The version 2.0 help screens have also been completed.

Version 2.0

In order for the Virtual World Project to be usable on iPads and other tablet computers, we are converting the project entirely to HTML5 and CSS3 (in other words, we are removing Flash at the main engine for displaying the panoramic movies). The project is also updated with a new, cleaner and more simple graphical interface so that navigation of archaeological sites will be easier and more intuitive. With over 170 photographed sites, this conversion and update will take some time. Progress on the new updated site can be viewed by clicking on the "2.0" link in the black navigation bar on the project's home page.

En Gedi

En Gedi is a large oasis on the western shore of the Dead Sea and the location of several archaeological sites. In addition to a Chalolithic temple (previously implemented on the Virtual World Project), a late Roman-Byzantine Jewish village with a synagogue has been uncovered. Several houses, workshops, storerooms, and a bath have been exposed in the northern part of the village. The workshops and numerous installations attest to the processing of balsam, which was perhaps the primary economic industry of the village.

Check out the village on the project.

Chalcolithic settlements in the Golan, now with Audio

Explore the Golan during the Chalocolithic period (4500-3300 BCE) with the help of audio interpretation! No less than 25 sites representing the Chalcolithic period (4500-3300 BCE) have been discovered in the central Golan since 1973, all of which were surveyed and excavated under the supervision of the late Claire Epstein (1911-2000). These sites all shared a distinct culture and social structure, as evidenced by the architecture, which includes identical unfortified villages with chains of houses built of rectangular stones, as well as the artifacts, which include worked basalt pillars with a basin that were most likely used in sacred ritual contexts. We invite you to sample this culture by visiting Rasm Harbush and Daliyyot.