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Bab al-Barqiyya, Egypt

General Attributes
DOI	10.26301/f0cj-er93
Project Name	Bab al-Barqiyya
Country	Egypt
Status	Published

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Data Types

Data Type	Size	Device Name	Device Type
LiDAR - Terrestrial	0.508 GB	Leica SS1	Time of Flight Scanner

Background
Site Description	Built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries by Salah al-Din and his successors, the Ayyubid wall containing the gate of Bab al-Barqiyya served as Cairo’s eastern boundary for centuries. Although the wall continued to be a defining element for the city, it long ago ceased to be a defensive structure. Measuring over 1500 metres in length, the wall is the longest and best-preserved portion of Cairo’s old fortifications.
Project Description	Following preliminary investigations, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) began restoration works of the Ayubbid wall in 2000. In 2006 the AKTC funded a team from CyArk and the University of Ferrara's Research Department Centre for the Development of Integrated Automatic Procedures for the Restoration of Monuments (DIAPReM) to document the gate with laser scanning. The 3D digital survey was integrated with a topographical survey of the surrounding al-Azhar park.
Collection Date	2006-09-25 to 2006-09-29
Publication Date	2020-06-22
License Type	CC BY-NC-SA

Entities
Contributors	N/A
Collectors	Development of Integrated Automatic Procedures for Restoration Of Monuments (DIAPREM)
Funders	Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Partners	CyArk
Site Authority	N/A

Citation
2020: Bab al-Barqiyya - LiDAR - Terrestrial . Collected by Development of Integrated Automatic Procedures for Restoration Of Monuments (DIAPREM) . Distributed by Open Heritage 3D. https://doi.org/10.26301/f0cj-er93