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Simulation of a Discovered Mamluk Picnic Palace (1347 CE) in Qal’at al-Kabsh

Mohamed Soliman

Abstract


Maqrīzī mentions an amazing building was built by Sultan al-Saleh (1240–1249 CE), grandson of Saladin al-Ayyuby’s brother on ancient foundations of al-Qata’i, the Tulunid Town (868 CE). During the Mamluk period, more development had been carried out, basically when al-Nasr Mohamed ibn Qalawun rebuilt Qal'at al-Kabsh again in 1323 CE. However, al-Ashraf Sha’ban demolished a part of it that became used for housing. Responding to an invitation from the Ministry of Antiquities, Summer 2019, the team of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) implemented geophysical survey for discovered ruins under the urban fabric of Qal’at al-Kabsh in Historic Cairo. Identification of these discovered ruins, orientation and dating would be a challenge via traditional archaeological means. Subsequently, integrated technologies utilized to combine the traditional scattered data for interpreting the unknown ruins. Hence, this contribution represents efforts spent for modelling new discoveries in the context of digital archaeology.

 


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