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The rapid development of computer technology and the new technologies of data processing and capturing has brought on the development of automated documentation methods. In modern cultural heritage documentation technology, there are three steps: the documentation of an object, the creation of a 3D model and the visualization of the results. Modern documentation methods like laser scanning or image-based modelling and rendering (IBMR) give us the possibility to create a real 3D model of findings in archaeology, cu...

Syria is enormously rich in historical objects related to many cultures. The most wellknown monuments in Aleppo are the Citadel, which is on tell in the city center, the Great Omayyad Mosque, and the historical souk Al-Madina not far from the Citadel. The Omayyad mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Aleppo, located in the district of al-Jalloum in the local Old Town, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986 and included into the list of the world monuments of UNESCO. Large areas of Aleppo?s valuable hist...