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Virtual reconstruction of the historic city of Al-Zubarah in Qatar
Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Pub Date : 2021-03-05 , DOI: 10.1016/j.daach.2021.e00177
M. Salim Ferwati , Sherine Abdelaziz Moham El-Menshawy

The ruins of al-Zubarah hold within them valuable information for historians and anthropologists to know the society that once lived in it. Thanks to contemporary modelling methods, and a wealth of recent scholarship and documentation of the ancient city, we can virtually reconstruct its architecture. This paper shows the value of virtual reconstruction by building a model of al-Zubarah base primarily on Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) database and present the analytical and practical methods we adopt to do so. By reconstructing the city, we uncover its unique urban form, architectural language, and a glimpse of life once there. Because remaining ruins can only tell us so much about the city, we rely on a convergence of diverse sources from archaeological documentation to historical scholarship. The project has two stages: creating a volumetric model of the city and detailing four significant buildings, which are the mosque, palace, towers, and market.



中文翻译:

卡塔尔历史悠久的城市Al-Zubarah的虚拟重建

祖巴拉(Al-Zubarah)遗址在其中保存着宝贵的信息,供历史学家和人类学家了解曾经生活在其中的社会。得益于当代的建模方法,以及有关古城的大量最新奖学金和文献资料,我们几乎可以重建其建筑。本文通过主要基于卡塔尔博物馆管理局(QMA)数据库建立al-Zubarah模型来展示虚拟重建的价值,并介绍了我们采取的分析和实践方法。通过重建城市,我们发现了那里独特的城市形式,建筑语言以及生活的一瞥。由于仅存的废墟只能告诉我们许多有关这座城市的信息,因此我们依赖于从考古文献到历史学术研究的多种来源的融合。该项目分为两个阶段:

更新日期:2021-03-12
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