The Institute, in a continuing effort to introduce its products to a wider audience, is offering these samples of its computer animations and rendered still images for use in teaching, conference presentations, or research. The products included in this Samples Disk are ready to use (see descriptions and specs below). Many other products, including higher-resolution versions of the renderings on the Samples CD, as well as full interactive 3D models, are available for individual purchase here on our Website (at recently reduced prices).

This reconstruction of one of the world’s most famous sites is a massing model showing the major Periclean monuments and the remains of the Old Athena Temple. The flyover brings the viewer up through the Propylaea, into a detailed model of the Parthenon, to face the great statue of Athena.

	Flyover animation, 1:20 min
	Rendering, aerial view. 800x600 pixels

Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II (Nimrud, Iraq. 9th century BCE):

The Throne Room of this Assyrian Palace – here reconstructed in full color, with the reliefs now scattered around the world re-installed onto the walls – provides a glimpse of the glory of the great empire and a sense of what it might have been like to be in attendance at the court of the king.

	Animation, Throne Room, King ascending throne, 4 secs
	Rendering, Throne Room. 800x600 pixels

Sanctuary of Antiochus I of Commagene, Nemrud Dagi (SE Turkey. 1st century BCE):

This long-neglected mountain-top sanctuary, from the empire of Commagene, overlooks the upper Euphrates at the crossroads of Parthian and Roman trade routes. It includes dozens of monumental and relief sculptures in a synthesis of local and Hellenistic styles.

	Flyover animation, 8 secs
	Rendering, East Terrace aerial view. 800x600 pixels

Vari House (Attica, Greece. 4th century BCE):

This reconstruction of the farm at Vari includes the house, surrounding terraces, and bee-keeping facilities. Standing alone in the countryside, the complex provides a rare example of vernacular, domestic architecture in the Hellenistic period.

	Rendering, aerial view. 800x600 pixels

Palace at Til Barsib (Syria. 9th–8th century BCE):

This building provides both an example of a provincial Assyrian palace as well as the best and most complete surviving examples of Assyrian wall paintings. The reconstruction places in context, for the first time, the wall paintings as they were recorded in watercolors that were done on the site during excavation.

	QTVR panorama, Throne Room
	Rendering, Queen's Reception Room. 800x600 pixels

Recommended specs: Windows XP, Netscape 7.0 or higher (or other Mozilla-based browser), Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, and a 48x CD-ROM drive.