Architecture and Archeology. Virtual Reconstruction of Ipi's Tomb TT315 in Deir-el-Bahari, Theban, Egypt

This article describes data acquisition and processing operations with a 3D laser scanner for the tomb TT315 in the archaeological area site in Deir-el-Bahari, Theban (Egypt). We collected data manually, with drawings and photographs of the most relevant elements, together with a TLS (Terrestrial Laser Scanner) campaign, that has allowed us to create a high-resolution point cloud with the morphology of the outer area and galleries, rooms, and interior wells. All data was processed to obtain a 3D virtual object. This paper will be used as a template to develop the specific images required for each of the survey purposes: knowledge transfer, dissemination and the creation of the cartographic base for the whole researchers' team. All the material allows for knowledge transfer to society through built-in 3D models. The research conditions at the archaeological site of Deir-el-Bahari forced us to create our own methodology. These conditions are linked to the site conditions: climate, limited access, bureaucracy permits; the distance between the university and the site and the site's morphology, with galleries excavated into stone caves with structural irregularities. The object of this study is important on its own, because we know very little about funerary complexes of the Middle Kingdom. On the other hand, the process to carry out the research is allowing us to assign new uses to virtual representation and reconstruction techniques.