2022

The Eidolon Laboratory unit participated in two archaeological missions at the Deir el-Medina site (Egypt) under the direction of the French Institute of Archaeology (IFAO).
In 2020, the 3 D survey of the Theban Tomb TT214 was performed with the aim of integrating with a new geometric survey, the evidence collected in the past. The detailed study of the tomb and its elements is aimed at evaluating the needs in terms of conservation. To achieve this, the collapse blocking the entrance to the burial chamber had to be removed, the courtyard cleared, the walls and decorated blocks inspected and surveyed.
The three-dimensional survey was conducted with a multi-scale photogrammetric approach: one for the architecture of the funerary complex and one for details, such as inscriptions and decorations.
The end result is a navigable digital 3D model, capable of supporting archaeologists in the field and during the analytical phase of the results.
In 2022 a second archaeological mission was conducted with the aim of detecting the Theban Tomb TT8, which belonged to Kha, superintendent of the Necropolis of the Valley of the Kings and found intact in 1906 by Ernesto Schiaparelli. Digital models of the terrain and the underground tomb have made it possible to conduct new metric analyzes linked to the structures above ground (Kha Chapel) in relation to the burial, TT8. Furthermore, the digital model will be able to accommodate the digitization of all of Kha and Meirt's kit, now preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Turin.
A final step in the digital recomposition of the funerary complex was held in 2023 at the Louvre museum in Paris. On this occasion, the Pyramidion of Kha was digitized, i.e. the top part of the funerary chapel digitized near Deir el-Medina.
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Digital twin and 3d documentation of a Theban Tomb at Deir Al-Medina (Egypt)