PUBLICATIONS
The Zamani Project's published
papers and media exposure

PAPERS
Rüther, H., Bhurtha, R., Wessels, S, Schröder R, ‘Spatial Documentation of the Petra World
Heritage Site’, in Africa Geo, 1 – 3 July 2014
Wessels S., Ruther H., Bhurtha R., Schröder R, ‘Design and creation of a 3D Virtual Tour
of the world heritage site of Petra, Jordan’, Proceedings of AfricaGeo, 1-3 July 2014
Rüther, H., Held, C., Schröder R., Bhurtha, R., Wessels, S, ‘From Point Cloud to Textured
Model, the Zamani Laser Scanning Pipeline in Heritage Documentation’, South African
Journal of Geomatics, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012
Rüther, H., Held, C., Bhurtha, R., Schröder, R., Wessels, S, ‘Challenges in Heritage
Documentation with Terrestrial Laser Scanning’, Proceedings of AfricaGeo, 2011
Rüther, H, ‘Documenting Africa’s Cultural Heritage’, A. Artusi, M. Joly-Parvex, G. Lucet,
A. Ribes, and D. Pitzalis (Editors), The 11th International Symposium on Virtual Reality,
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage VAST, 2010
Rüther, H., M. Chazan, R. Schroeder, R. Neeser, C. Held, S.J. Walker, A. Matmon, and L.K.
Horwitz, ‘Laser scanning for conservation and research of African cultural heritage
sites: the case study of wonderwerk cave, South Africa’. Journal of Archaeological
Science, 36(9):1847 – 1856. 2009
Rüther, H. ’An African heritage database, the virtual preservation of Africa's past
’. International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information
Sciences, XXXIV. 2002
ZAMANI IN THE MEDIA
-2017-
LIDAR News: Laser Scanning for heritage conservation - Bagan, Myanmar
-2016-
LIDAR News: Rescue-Scanning in Zanzibar
LIDAR News: Delights and challenges when scanning in Africa - Yemrehanna Kristos
City Press: Preserving Africa's great chruches
LIDAR News: Africa's other Pyramids - Meroe (Sudan)
LIDAR News: Preserving Rock Art "Virtually" - Clanwilliam dam (South Africa)
LIDAR News: The Zamani Project – Heritage documentation beyond the point cloud
-2015-
Digital Meets Culture: Atlantic Slave Trade in 3D by Zamani project
Monday Paper (UCT): Rescuing ruins with lasers
SPAR3D: 3D Heritage Models, with a Twist
NOMAD Africa: Rising From Ruins
-2014-
Times: UCT team to map ancient Mideast city
Wonderwerkcave.com: The "Wonderwerk Cave Research Project"
LIDAR: Modeling Petra (pdf)
Getty Conservation institute: Mapping the Valley of the Queens in Egypt
UNESCO: Siq Stability Project in the Siq, Petra
SKIFT: Jordan Turns to UNESCO and Italy to Help Protect Petra’s Treasures
Laser Scanning Forum: Petra documentation, by the Zamani Project
Archival platform: The African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes Database
Media Club South Africa: UCT team on Petra mission
Financial Mail: SA team to map Petra
Zamani Project: Laser scanning of Petra (pdf)