The royal Chinese mausoleums of the Tang, Ming and Qing Chinese dynasties are astounding ensables of monuments, conceived and built to assure to the Emperors immortality in the afterlife and perennial fame on earth. To this aim, a series of cognitive elements were embodied in the funerary landscapes selected for such monuments, including astronomy, general topography, and traditional Chinese “g...

Cultural heritage and historical monuments are the memories of societies enable future generations to learn about past. However, from past present have been subjected many destructions, natural or unnatural. Thanks advances in technology, it is easier document using digital photogrammetric methods. Today, we see methods used documenting artifacts as traditional measurement, laser scanning, comb...

Abstract The present study focuses on the development of a fast, non-invasive methodology, appropriate for detection and characterization biodeterioration surface archaeological/historical stone objects monuments, by exploiting characteristic fluorescence emission biological deposits. Fluorescence spectra were collected use portable LED (Light Emitting Diode)-Induced (LED-IF) instrument. Three ...

The innovations and improvements in digital imaging sensors and scanners, computer modeling, haptic equipments and e-learning technology, as well as the availability of many powerful graphics PCs and workstations make haptic-based rendering methods for e-learning documentation with 3-D modeling functionality feasible. E-Learning documentation is a new term in computing, engineering and architec...

background: humans beings are continuously exposed to ionizing radiation from natural sources. the main contributors to natural radiation are high-energy cosmic radiation and radioactive nuclides that originates in the earth’s crust. exposure to high levels of radiation can cause serious health effects. in this study an attempt has been made to monitor the levels of environmental background rad...