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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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