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Africa


AfriCam the world's first virtual game reserve -- live images are captured every 30 seconds from cameras located at various game reserves

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America


Archiving Early America

Lechuguilla Cave Take a virtual tour of the Deepest Cave in the US...

Longwood Gardens Virtual Tour Take a virtual tour of the world’s premier horticultural display garden

Old Sturbridge Village - Explore an 1830's Village

Plimouth Plantation This virtual tour will take you through this internationally known institution and provide a glimpse of a re-creation of life as it was in Plymouth Colony in 1627.

U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour an interactive, user friendly, comprehensive and integrated multimedia tour of the U.S. Capitol -- includes panorama views and historical information about the rooms of the U.S. Capitol, as well as, information about the objects found in those rooms.

Virtual Gettysburg

Virtual Hawaii

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Ancient World


a listing for ancient world sites not specified in the menu by particular culture, country or region

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Maya Ruins a photographic tour of selected sites in Mexico, Belize, and Guatamala

Myths and Legends

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Asia


Taj Mahal


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Australia


Australia Trip

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Castles


Balmoral Castle not a virtual tour, but there is a photo gallery, exhibitions and gardens one can view

Castles on the Web

The Chatelaine's Scottish Castles
including:

Château de Chambord some great photos....

Festung Hohensalzburg

Neuschwanstein Castle

Peel Castle on St. Patrick's Isle

Schloss Schönbrunn (Schoenbrunn Castle) children's virtual tour

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China


Ancient China

China the Beautiful

China PhotoGallery

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England


Caves and Caving in the UK

The Sherlock Holmes Museum click on museum tour

Tower of London Virtual Tour

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Egypt


Ancient Egypt

Cleveland Museum of Art Pharoahs Exhibition

Egypt: Land of Pharoahs

Egypt: Red Sea Virtual Diving Center see the Red Sea's shipwrecks, beaches, fish, coral and more

Guardian's Egypt take a tour of the Great Pyramid, and other pyramids, temples, tombs, antiquities, enjoy panoramic views of Giza, Tomb of Seti I, Abydos, Kom Ombo, Luxor, the Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings, discussion boards recently added -- this site is updated frequently, plan to return often!

PBS/Nova Explore the Pyramids tours and panoramic views of the pyramids, follow the current excavation, learn about how the pyramids were constructed and who constructed them

Reeder's Egypt Page tour the tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep in the necropolis of Saqqara using a clickable floor plan as guide, view the paintings and photographs in the Gallery, and more

Rosetta Stone (site for kids maintained by the Cleveland Museum of Art)

Stein's Tour of Egypt a variety of images from Egypt, including, historic sites, ecology, animals, and insects

The Step Pyramid complex at Djoser A clickable plan of the complex with illustrations depicting that portion of the plan

University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology

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France


Le Musée des arts et métiers

  • en anglais for those who don't speak French (Quelle idée!)

Musée du Louvre-Paris

Musée Virtuel Le siècle des Lumières dans la peinture des musées de France.
(Virtual Museum - The age of enlightenment in the paintings of France's national museums.)

Les Pages de Paris/The Paris Pages

Site Officiel du Musée du Louvre

  • en anglais for those who don't speak French (Quelle idée!)
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Greece


Ancient Greece

Ancient City of Athens

Traveling Classroom - Greece

Olympic Games in the Ancient Hellenic World

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Israel


The Jerusalem Mosaic
A listing of several tours of Jerusalem, including the ones listed below.

  • The New Jerusalem Mosaic Travel the city through the different periods, meet the people, taste the food, enjoy the special costumes and visit the sites.
  • The "Old" Jerusalem Mosaic Tour the city through various "gates": portraits, old maps, landscapes and works of art depicting the city in different periods.
  • Virtual Jerusalem Tour A colorful tour through many of the famous sites in Jerusalem.
Western Wall Tunnel Tour includes a Panoramic 360 degree view of the Kotel Plaza (Western Wall)!

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Italy and Rome


Ancient Rome

The Forum Romanum (Roman Forum)

Dead Romans: Virtual Walkthrough of the Colosseum and Forum Romanum

Roman Open-Air Museum (a Roman villa dating from the 1st to the 3rd century A.D.)

Virtual Tour Rome 360 degree panoramic images of Rome

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Southeast Asia


Timezone7.com India, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, Bali



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Virtual Museums and Galleries


Armenian Painters
  Biographies and Galleries on:

The Oriental Institute Museum Tour the Egyptian, Persian, Mesopotamian, Assyrian Galleries as well as temporary exhibits of this museum



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Science


City in Space An interactive tour takes you on a 360° romp through several modules and nodes of the International Space Station. These panoramic images are linked to each other, allowing you to travel from space to space by clicking hot spots within the images. All photos are from the Johnson Space Center training facility.

Comet Hale-Bopp -- A View From the Appalachians some pictures of Comet Hale-Bopp from the mountains of Southwestern Virginia; several well-recognized Comet Hale-Bopp links as well

Electronic Zoo

Nine Planets

San Diego Aerospace Museum Online Exhibit journey through the history of flight

SkyView Virtual Observatory a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray

Smithsonian Gem & Mineral Collection

Stein's Virtual Herbarium a variety of stunning Appalachian wildflowers from southwestern Virginia and West Virginia. Scientific names are included with some information on habitats

Stein's Virtual Insectary a variety of insect pictures with general descriptions and links to food plants and habitats where they might be found

The Virtual Cave explore solution caves, lava tube caves, sea caves, and erosional caves

Volcano World



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