The ancient desert
city of Petra, Jordan. Inhabited for thousands of years, the strikingly
beautiful desert city of Petra, Jordan was once home to a civilization long
since vanished. Petra's location between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea made it
an important center for commerce, where Arabian incense, Chinese silks, and
Indian spices were traded. The buildings reflect a welcoming of cultures,
combining native Eastern traditions with Western Classical (850 BC-476 AD)
architecture from Hellenistic Greece. Noted by UNESCO as "half-built,
half-carved into the rock," this capital city also had a sophisticated
system of dams and channels for collecting, diverting, and providing water to
the arid region. Petra, Jordan was lost to the Western World from about the
14th century until the early 19th century. Today, the ancient city is one of
the world's largest and most important archaeological sites. It has been an
inscribed property of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre since 1985. In 2007,
Petra was also named one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. Press photo ©
2000-2006 NewOpenWorld Foundation
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σαρώνουν με λέιζερ τα αρχαία μνημεία και μας αποκαλύπτουν πολύτιμα μυστικά και
δίνουν απαντήσεις σε σημαντικά ερωτήματα.
Petra
Church-Byzantine Mosaics
Σε
αυτό το επεισόδιο της σειράς "Σκανάρονας το παρελθόν", αντικείμενο
έρευνας η αρχαία πόλη της Πέτρας στην Ιορδανία. ελληνικής τεχνοτροπίας και αισθητικής
μνημείο.
The Time Scanners
use cutting-edge 3D laser-scanning technology to put history's building wonders
to the test, exploring the secrets of how the world's most iconic engineering
creations were constructed. Leading the quest is structural engineer Steve
Burrows. He is joined by laser-scanning experts from the Center for Advanced
Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas. With unprecedented access,
they explore, scan and digitally analyse some of mankind's most awe-inspiring
architectural achievements, uncovering just how good the engineers of the
ancient world really are.
The ancient city of
Petra Great Temple
Structural engineer
Steve Burrows leads his team of laser-scanning experts to Jordan in the Middle
East, to scan the ancient desert city of Petra.
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