Heritage Digitization Project

Based on the scientific results and findings of the international symposium on the digitization of cultural heritage, the knowledge economy, as well as the digitization of natural heritage and the reconstruction of the ancient environment in its 2023 and 2025 editions, a team composed of experts from the Mediterranean Architecture Laboratory (L.A.M) at the University of Sétif 1, the Directorate for the Management and Exploitation of Protected Cultural Properties of the Timgad Site and Museum, the Zana, Medghassen, and Tabna sites, along with experts from the University of Batna 1, visited the Tifeste - Tébessa sites to carry out a project for the digitization of certain monuments of the archaeological site and to create digital copies to preserve and protect them. We had the honor of meeting our friend and colleague, Lotfi Azeddine, the curator of the Tébessa Sites Museum, who supported the team throughout the working days. Together, we digitized the Temple of Minerva, the arch, parts of the Byzantine wall, and the tombs of Mersest. This initiative strengthens the achievements of the Algerian state, highlighting highly qualified national expertise and contributing to the enrichment of the national database of the digital archive of archaeological monuments, which are at risk of disappearance at any time for various reasons, mainly natural ones...