3D modeling of cultural heritage: Commagene Kingdom funerary monument

Abstract

Our historical and cultural assets are undergoing deformations day by day. With today's technology and science, these historical structures can be processed and stored in three dimensions. These three-dimensional data; It provides the opportunity to work without damaging the architectural texture of the building during the visualization, restoration works and reproduction phases. Historical buildings have a significant contribution to the city's economy. These contributions are; It can keep the city economy alive for many reasons such as visiting that historical building, staying in the city, tasting the food culture of that region, shopping. One of the most important factors is to make a project that will attract the attention of domestic and foreign tourists in order to introduce our cultural assets by presenting them in digital environment for individuals who will not be able to visit those historical structures and to make them a center of attraction. In this study, a 3D (three-dimensional) model of this artifact was obtained with 60 photographs taken by the terrestrial photogrammetry method in the Karakuş Tumulus of Adıyaman Province, Kâhta District, with approximately 3.5 million point clouds, and it was possible to present it in digital environment.