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LMUQ project

Project definition

The project is defined as a research collaboration between community members in Umm Qais, Jordanian and British academics, and experts using an innovative digital approaches to build a deeper understanding of the cultural heritage of Umm Qais Heritage City.

Project goals:

• building and enhancing the skills of future generations to understand and increase public awareness of heritage sites in general and Umm Qais in particular.

• Institutionalizing cooperative companies between local and international sectors to enhance the tourism economy and the efforts to preserve cultural heritage in Jordan

• Using modern technologies (three-dimensional scanning, satellite images, digital scanning techniques, video and photography) to create

a virtual heritage scene of the architectural spaces, and documenting the stories and the heritage of ancient city of Umm Qais.

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