Roman Dacia's capital Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa to be reconstructed under 3D project

A project for the stereoscopic reconstruction of the capital city of ancient Roman Dacia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa using state-of-the-art devices is currently being conducted by Romanian specialists of the National Museum of Transylvanian History (MNIT) of Cluj-Napoca assisted by a team of the National Research Centre of Rome.

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The project is a first in Romania, and among the devices for the 3D reconstruction of the ruins of the ancient Roman city are a drone and a highly-performing scanner.

MNIT Cluj-Napoca Director Carmen Ciongradi says the project takes two years to complete.

'Our museum and the Institute for Cultural Heritage Applied Technology of Rome are currently conducting a first in Romania, a project for the stereoscopic reconstruction of the Roman city of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa. For the reconstruction, non-invasive geo-physical measurements will be used. It entails unsearched monuments still under ground, with the scientists reading soil anomalies to detect the contour of archeological structures that allows a stereoscopic reconstruction of the city,' Ciongradi said Saturday.

The acquired data and images will be used at the end of the project to mount an exhibition of Roman Dacia's capital city Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa of two thousand years ago.

Topometry information and information about the monuments, both visible and still under ground, will be collected by a drone.

'The devices will provide soil morphology and detect underground structures such as walls and buildings, so that the Roman city of 2,000 years ago may be recreated,' Ciongradi explained.

The site under study is 33 hectares inside the Roman city and nearly 80 hectares out of...