The Use of 3d Reconstruction for Architectural Study: the Asklepieion of Ancient Messene

This paper aims to use the digital recording techniques and 3DCG for the ancient monument. The author applied to use these techniques in the archaeological site of the Asklepieion, Messene. The ancient Messene was an important Hellenistic city in Mainland Greece and was well known by the description of the Roman traveller, Pausanias. The Asklepieion was located in the city centre and was the main sanctuary in Messene. The Doric peripteral Temple of Asklepios was built in a square court, which was enclosed by Corinthian porticoes (stoas). This sanctuary was excavated by A. K. Orlandos from the 1950s until the 1970s. Unfortunately, he passed away soon after that, leaving the research incomplete. The authors had an opportunity to participate in fieldwork in order to survey and study the architectural remains of the surrounding peristylar stoas. The authors reinvestigated the remaining stoas of this sanctuary, and reconstructed the Corinthian order of the outer and inner colonnades together with the roof structure. As results, the authors succeed to use the photogrammetory to make architectural drawings and to reconstruct the Asklepieion complex by 3DCG.