El Zarqa (Maximianon): A proposed virtual reconstruction of a fortified water station in the desert | ||||
| مجلة کلية السياحة والفنادق. جامعة المنصورة | ||||
| Article 21, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2022, Page 809-864 PDF (2.46 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mkaf.2022.264140 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Ahmed Ibrahim Othman | ||||
| Università degli studi di Padova, Italy | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| El Zarqa (Maximianon) is considered to be the best-preserved site along the road. It was built under the Flavian dynasty and abandoned at the beginning of the 3rd century AD. Maximianon represents an open museum, with different architectural traces and mobile relics on the road side. The fort represents the common architectural elements in the ancient water stops (Praesidea) along the Qift - Quseir road. Moreover, during the various excavation campaigns, Maximianon offered a great number of ceramics, that helped in determining the chronology of the site to the period between the 1st and the 3rd century AD., a period that witnessed a massive commercial activity in addition to the exploitation of animal resources according to the type of sites and the changes in food demand. This study represents an analysis of previous excavation campaigns and proposes generating 3D models that can be used as the basis of the experimental video projection in situ. Hence, a digital model that turns out to be a virtual replica of the scanned location or area. The study sheds the light on the heritage importance of the selected praesidia in order to enhance a new input on the long durée Myos Hormos commercial road so as to be inserted among the tourist visiting sites. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Praesidia; Hydreuma; El Zarqa; Maximianon; Eastern Desert cultural heritage | ||||
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