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Figure 21. Asklepios Temple cross section (plan view) 
5. CONCLUSIONS 
As a result of the innovative developments in geodetic 
measurement technologies on the one hand and enormous 
improvements concerning Gl-technologies on the other hand, a 
lot of new methods are available for archaeological 
documentation. The Athribis project is an example for this kind 
of processes. Using different ways of measurement techniques, 
with the intention of data fusion, leads to a complex 3D 
database of the archaeological site, as a basis for further 
investigations. 
Goals of next campaigns will be the localization of all tomb 
caverns of the necropolis by means of GPS and their adoption 
into the archaeological GIS. Also the surrounding area of the 
Repit temple will exempt from the covering sand. So the 
complete excavation site will increase and the geodetic and 
photogrammetric data, in combination with the archaeological 
results, will complete the GIS. 
The experiences at this excavation site during the last years 
demonstrated the great benefit of the wide range of geodetic 
and photogrammetric methods for the archaeologists. Besides 
the “classical” results, like cross settings or geodetic net 
measurements, the combined TLS and photogrammetric 
methods in combination with the 3D visualization gave 
impressive results to the archaeologists. 
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