International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XL-5/W2, 2013 
XXIV International CIPA Symposium, 2 — 6 September 2013, Strasbourg, France 
e a big quarry located 1 km to the north of the main 
sanctuary; 
e many springs around the sanctuary; 
e a vernacular village located to the south of the main 
sanctuary; 
The ancient route arrives to the East of the main sanctuary and 
follows the modern road. 
3. METHOD APPLIED IN THE PROCESSING OF THE 
DOCUMENTATION 
The methods applied for documentation utilized the software 
available at the time of the preparation of the dissertation (i.e. 
2002-2005; Cf. Yasmine, J. 2006). 
Both sites were documented within the last century. The 
sanctuaries were surveyed by German archaeologists in the year 
1904 (Krencker, D. & Zschietzschmann, W. 1938, pp. 105- 
137). At the landscape scale, the Directorate of Geographic 
Affairs of the Lebanese Army documented the whole area by 
aerial vertical stereo photos means taken with airplanes (photos 
taken in 1962 - scale 1/25,000; stereographic processing 
completed in 1963). The produced maps includes contour lines 
(one each 5m), and various relevant mapping data (Fig. 1) 
3.1 The architectural survey 
At the date of the documentation for the PhD dissertation, some 
parts of the sanctuaries had already been documented by the 
Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA).. The survey was 
composed following these steps: 
1. sketches of the in-situ structures were done; 
2. traditional topographic survey (Electronic distance 
measurer-EDM) of these structures was undertaken; 
3. sketches of all scattered blocs were undertaken (at 
1/100 scale - Fig. 7- and at 1/20 scale for selected 
representative blocs); 
4. design of all surveys on AutoCAD; 
5. preparation of 3D model of the temples and the 
sanctuaries on 3DS Max (Fig. 8, 13, 15 & 16); 
6. virtual reconstruction of the temples using the 
scattered blocs surveyed (reconstructed blocs in white 
while in-situ blocs were in sepia; Fig. 9); 
  
Figure 7. Sketches of scattered blocks. 
In red, the EDM survey; in blue the sketches; in yellow and 
purple, the inventoried blocks. O J. Yasmine; 2003. 
For elevation surveys, Photomodeler software edited by EOS 
was utilized to process, through photogrammetric means, the 
elevations of free standing archaeological structures. 
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Figure 8. Architectural 3D model of the temple A 
of Hosn-Niha. O J. Yasmine; 2005. 
The virtual reconstruction was made at two scales: the temple 
scale (one unique building), and the sanctuary scale (a complex 
compound of many buildings). 
  
Figure 9. Architectural 3D model of the temple A 
of Hosn-Niha. O J. Yasmine; 2005. 
3.2 The landscape survey 
The survey of the valley surrounding Hosn-Niha was made 
possible due to the presence of hills surrounding the valley. 
During the architectural survey, control ground points were 
surveyed on the landscape scale (with the usage of an EDM). 
  
  
  
Figure 10. The Photomodeler project to survey with accuracy 
features in Hosn-Niha landscape. © J. Yasmine; 2005.