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Reviving Palmyra in Multiple Dimensions - Images, Ruins and Cultural Memory (Paperback)
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Reviving Palmyra in Multiple Dimensions - Images, Ruins and Cultural Memory (Paperback)
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This book provides a visual reconstruction of Palmyra, a World
Heritage Site situated in Syria, which flourished in Greco-Roman
times. Palmyra is situated in a desert oasis and served as a
vibrant caravan station on the Silk Road connecting the Roman world
with the East. It has been called 'the Queen of the Desert' and
'Venice of the Sands'.In 2015-2017 the city was conquered by ISIS
who destroyed its monuments and museum, also killing several of its
inhabitants. Their aim was to erase the memory and identity of the
place, its people and our common heritage. However, through the use
of modern technology including photogrammetry, digital imagery and
3D modelling, it has been possible to recreate the documented
monuments, thus overcoming to some extent the trauma, cultural
destruction and loss. The book unveils the rediscovery of the site
by the West and revives and reconstructs the ancient city through
images and history. The reader is taken through the spectacular
city and its past by providing the information to follow the roots
and development of the site, its monuments and its people through
the ages, including rulers such as Queen Zenobia. The combination
of visualization and written accounts interlink the environment and
its people, the monuments and archaeological small finds by using
ancient written sources, old photographs, new imagery, 3D models
and 3D printing. Thus this ancient site and its past is revived in
multiple dimensions. Monuments are visualized as digitally
reconstructed ruins or as complete virtual models. This text is
therefore the perfect guide for readers who wish to immerse
themselves visually in the history of the area and to discover more
about the archaeology and its preservation using diverse methods
employing modern technology.
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