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Studying the Ancient Civilizations on the Balkan Peninsula Through Serious Game and Storytelling

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This paper presents a new serious game, exploring the multilayered archeological excavations in the town of Aquae Calidae (from Latin, ‘warm waters’), situated in the Burgas mineral baths region. The history of Aquae Calidae (Therma, Thermopolis) is related to the famous hot mineral springs at the site and covers a long period of time from the 1st millennium BCE to the XVIth century CE. It is linked with events of the history of Ancient Greece, Roman and Byzantine times, Medieval Bulgarian period, The Crusades and the Ottoman period, and was visited by famous historical figures. The rich history of the place makes it possible to develop educational games, related particularly to the ancient civilizations. Through immersing in the virtual three-dimensional reality of the ancient complex, and playing intuitive educational mini-games, students from elementary schools improve their knowledge and understanding of the ancient civilizations on the Balkan peninsula.

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This research is partially supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science under the National Research Programme “Cultural heritage, national memory and development of society” approved by DCM №. 577/17.08.2018.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Maxim Goynov, Lubomir Zlatkov & Detelin Luchev

  2. Laboratory of Telematics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Paneva-Marinova, D., Goynov, M., Pavlova, L., Zlatkov, L., Luchev, D. (2022). Studying the Ancient Civilizations on the Balkan Peninsula Through Serious Game and Storytelling. In: Auer, M.E., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) New Realities, Mobile Systems and Applications. IMCL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96296-8_48

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