The archaeological ensemble of Melque is one of the most important historical sites of the High Middle Ages in Spain. It is located in the municipality of San Martín de Montalbán, just 30 kilometers from the city of Toledo. It consists of a very well preserved church, a monastery, several dams and a fence or wall. However, there is no consensus among experts about the date of its foundation. Some authors date it in the seventh century, in Visigothic times, while others consider that it was founded in the eighth century by Mozarabs, that is to say by Christians but under Muslim domination. The place was inhabited for centuries which has allowed the preservation of the church in an excellent state to this day.

Documented by Global Digital Heritage in September of 2018 using 1110 drone images, 112 terrestrial laser scans, and 1702 terrestrial photogrammetry images. These data were processed in Reality Capture.

Santa María de Melque (Toledo, Spain)

Chichen Itza,  from Yucatec Maya: Chi'ch'èen Ìitsha'  ("at the mouth of the well of the Itza people") was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán State, Mexico.

Chichen Itza was a major focal point in the Northern Maya Lowlands from the Late Classic (c. AD 600–900) through the Terminal Classic (c. AD 800–900) and into the early portion of the Postclassic period (c. AD 900–1200). The site exhibits a multitude of architectural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the Northern Maya lowlands. The presence of central Mexican styles was once thought to have been representative of direct migration or even conquest from central Mexico, but most contemporary interpretations view the presence of these non-Maya styles more as the result of cultural diffusion

[Map](https://goo.gl/maps/VJVGEidS9bH2)

Chichen Itza Pyramid 3D Reconstruction

Monte Romano country road. 

Monte Romano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Rome and about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Viterbo.

4k Texture+Normal map+Occlusion

coordinates: 42.266194, 11.802806

photogrammetry: 265 photos - 24mm lens

Ground 03 - Country Road

The Castle of Rocca Calascio is a mountaintop fortress or rocca in the municipality of Calascio, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. At an elevation of 1,460 metres (4,790 ft), the castle is the highest fortress in the Apennines. Built of stone and masonry exclusively for military purposes and intended only to accommodate troops and never as residence for nobles, the fortress overlooks the Plain of Navelli at one of the highest points in the ancient Barony of Carapelle.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Rocca_Calascio

Experimental, reconstructed from various 4K drone footage only

Castle of Rocca Calascio

Monte Romano country road. about 3.5meters long.

Monte Romano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Rome and about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Viterbo.

4k Texture+Normal map+Occlusion

coordinates: 42.266194, 11.802806

photogrammetry: 431 photos - 24mm lens

Ground 02 - Country Road

Medieval Arch in Rocchette (13th century).
Rocchette together with Rocchettine are two fortified settlements dating back to the XIII century and located in the municipality of Torri in Sabina (RI) Italy

3D scan by photogrammetry

Medieval Arch (13th century)  .::RAWscan::.

([from Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khertvisi_Fortress)) Khertvisi fortress (Georgian: ხერთვისის ციხე) is one of the oldest fortresses in Georgia and was functional throughout the Georgian feudal period. It is situated in Khertvisi village of Aspindza Municipality, Southern Georgia, in Meskheti region. The fortress was first mentioned in the 10th-11th centuries. The church was built in 985, and the present walls were built in 1354. According to a local legend, Khertvisi was once destroyed by Alexander the Great, though it has then been reconstructed and invaded on numerous occasions through the centuries.

[Location](https://goo.gl/maps/qUhNZM5qTDspjYbA9)

Khertvisi Fortress - Raw Scan

Red ochre grave in Ligga, Jokkmokk municipality, Norrbotten, Sweden. Due to the ongoing erosion in the area Norrbottens museum began a rescue survey of the stone setting in 2022.  The 3D-model shows the stone setting after the turf has been removed. 

In Norrbotten the burial tradition including stone settings filled with red ochre coloured sand can be dated to Late Mesolithic times. This tradition seems to have developed locally among people living around the Bothnian Bay.

Red ochre grave

Ruins of Dill Castle, municipality of Dill in the Hunsrück area, Germany. Visible remains from the 14th century.

Photogrammetry as part of the ARGO Augmented Archaeology project (https://ar-route.de/).
Drone survey by Geocoptix (https://www.geocoptix.com/).

Burg Dill

The castle comprises the original enclosure of the medieval village of Montemor-o-Novo. The virtual tour we present to you has the approximate length of a 1,5 Km and starts in the former Church of S. Tiago / Interpretive Center of the Castle. It goes through the streets of the centuries-old intramural village and gives you a better understanding of both the past and the present of this place.

This model is one result of Global Digital Heritage's campaign in Alentejo (Portugal) in 2019. A product of the processing in Reality Capture of the 15.306 photos of two drones working on site, one by Miguel Angel Hervás (Baraka Arqueólogos S.L.) and the other by João Marques (GEODRONE). The campaign was supported by Montemor-o-Novo's Municipality, Évora's Municipality and Direção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo.

Montemor-o-Novo's Castle

Salvatierra Castle is located in the municipality of Calzada de Calatrava (Ciudad Real, Spain). Its period of greatest historical prominence focuses between the battles of Alarcos (1195) and Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), playing a decisive role as a preamble of the latter. Between 1198 and 1211 the Order of Calatrava installed its convent headquarters in this fortress and was consolidated as the Order of Salvatierra. In 1226 it was definitely abandoned when its last Muslim defenders handed it over to Christians in the context of Las Navas pacts. Since 1992, it has been part of the Cultural Interest Assets (BIC) catalog of the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha. Despite its advanced state of ruin, it still retains part of the donjon, numerous barrel vaults and large walled spaces that acted as albacar and barbican.

Processed from 7468 images from a Phantom 4 Pro, completely modeled in Reality Capture.

Salvatierra, Castle Ruins, Castilla-La Mancha

The Laarne Castle is a castle located in the Belgian municipality of Laarne. A wooden post structure was built around 1200. Shortly thereafter, the land was elevated, and a new, more solid structure was constructed. It was not until around 1300 that the first stone building was constructed, from which the current watchtower later emerged. Then, in less than a century and a half, the castle area evolved into the current castle with moats.

Laarne Castle

Тhe model represents the building of an agricultural cooperative in the village of Krupac, municipality of Pirot. It was built in 1920. The building is one of the most representative in the village for the period in which it was built.
The photogrammetric model was created for the needs of the "study of the protection of the village of Krupac" of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments from Nis under the leadership of Elena Vasić.



model made by: https://sketchfab.com/nixic.alexandar

зграда земљорадничке задруге, Крупац

"Anschluss" Monument in Oberschützen. The monument was erected in Oberschützen (Burgenland) after Austria's "Anschluss" to the National Socialism German Reich in 1938/39. Construction according to plans by architect Rudolf Hofer began in October 1938 and was completed in May 1939. It is considered the largest such National Socialism building in Austria. Originally, there were eight pylons with fire bowls in the colonnaded courtyard, and in the centre a gilded eagle was enthroned on a pedestal with the inscription "Ein Volk! Ein Reich! Ein Führer!". After the collapse of Nazi rule, parts of the monument were removed and destroyed. Again and again, a discussion germinated about the further use of the building. It was to be demolished or the history of its creation made taboo. In 1997, the municipality reinterpreted the monument as a "memorial against violence and racism". In 2016, the building was listed as a historical monument. In 2018, a renovation took place.

Anschlussdenkmal

Schedel van een resusaap *(Macaca mulatta)*. Het betreft een jong individu gezien de nog niet geheel doorgekomen snijtanden en het niet volledig vergroeide schedeldak. Gevonden in de Vecht, gemeente Weesp (2011).

*Skull of a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). It concerns a young individual, as indicated by the not yet fully erupted incisors and the not completely fused cranial vault. Found in the River Vecht, municipality of Weesp (2011). *

Afmetingen-measurements (cm): 6.0/9.0/-

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12153/obj57383">Collectie Archeologiemuseum Huis van Hilde PNH 10397-01</a>

Model by Archeologiemuseum Huis van Hilde (Kees Zwaan).

![](https://collectie.huisvanhilde.nl/imageproxy.aspx?server=10.0.10.211&port=17502&width=600&height=451&filename=images52/images_public/resusaap.jpg)

*Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) by www.dieren3.webnode.nl*

Schedel resusaap | skull of a rhesus monkey.

The runic inscription Ög 197 is a Viking Age runestone that now stands in the churchyard by the old church ruin of Sörby in Mjölby parish and Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland. The stone previously lay embedded in the eastern churchyard wall before it was removed and raised at its current location.

The material is reddish granite, and it is carved with normal runes that run in a closed loop, meaning the inscription goes all the way around without a clear beginning or end. The runic text is read from right to left, and the runes themselves are mirrored compared to how they usually appear in Viking Age runic inscriptions. Diagonal crosses were used as separators between words. On the western side, the stone is supported with iron braces.

The runes can be translated as: Vigot raised these stones in memory of Torgot, his brother.

Original height: 2,64 m 

Width: 1,10 m.

Runestone Ög 197, Mjölby, Sweden

Östergötland Runic Inscription 203 is a runestone located next to the cemetery at Veta Church near Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality. It previously stood in Gottlösa, a couple of kilometers further north in the same parish, but was moved from there in 2007, like Ög 202, which stands nearby. The material is red granite. The stone has significant damage on the left side and lower part of the carving.

The inscription is dated to the 11th century. It contains a dotted “i” rune. Inside the runic band, there is a cross.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tlands_runinskrifter_203

Runestone Ög 203, Mantorp, Sweden

Ochate (en euskera Otxate, es un despoblado español que forma parte del municipio de Condado de Treviño, en la provincia de Burgos, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León. El lugar ha tomado fama desde finales del siglo XX debido a supuestos fenómenos paranormales. Ochate significa en euskera, según algunas interpretaciones, «puerta secreta» o «puerta del frío», mientras que otras señalan que deriva del nombre antiguo de Gogate, «pueblo de arriba», en referencia a la geografía del lugar.

Ochate is a ghost town that is currently part of the municipality of Condado de Treviño, in the province of Burgos, Castilla y León (Spain).[1] The place has become famous since the end of the 20th century due to alleged paranormal phenomena. Ochate means in Basque, according to some interpretations, secret door or door of the cold, while others point out that it derives from the ancient name of Gogate, upper town, in reference to the geography of the place.

Despoblado de Ochate - Burgos | SPAIN

Pedestal fruit bowl, made of porcelain in 1844 by l’Atelier de Sèvres, featuring a symmetrical composition and an elegant profile characteristic of refined interior decorative objects. The bowl has a wide, slightly concave form with an everted rim and a subtly undulating contour, highlighted by a gilded decorative border.

The interior is defined by a central white field bearing a polychrome heraldic emblem of the Suțu family, surrounded by a cobalt‑blue band framed with stylized gilt motifs. The exterior follows the same decorative scheme, with the family coat of arms repeated on the truncated conical stem, which rests on a circular base adorned with gilded ornamentation.

The decoration combines the chromatic contrast of white–blue–gold with heraldic and stylized vegetal motifs, giving the piece a ceremonial and representative character.

The vessel is displayed at the Filipescu‑Cesianu House Museum, part of the Bucharest Municipality Museum.

Porcelain Fruit Bowl

Östergötland Runic Inscription 166 (Ög 166) is a runestone located outside Skänninge in Mjölby Municipality. The stone stands erected at the ruins of a hospital chapel just northeast of the town. About a meter away stands another runestone, Östergötland Runic Inscription N272. Ög 166 is made of granite. The stone was once broken, and a piece is missing. The remaining parts have been rejoined using cement.

"Bolde and Ulv raised these stones in memory of Trond and Farulv, their brothers."

Runestone Ög166, Skänninge, Sweden

Östergötland Runic Inscription 202 is a runestone located next to the cemetery at Veta Church near Mantorp in Mjölby Municipality. It previously stood in Gottlösa, a couple of kilometers further north in the same parish, but was moved from there in 2007. The material is gray granite. The carving is dated to the 11th century.

· kiʀ... · risti · stina · þisi · iftim stinkl · þiʀ · uaʀu : suniʀ : biarnaʀ

Gæiʀ[i] ræisti stæina þessi æftiʀ Stæinkel. Þæiʀ vaʀu syniʀ Biarnaʀ.

Gere raised these stones in memory of Stenkil. They were sons of Björn.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tlands_runinskrifter_202

Runestone Ög 202, Mantorp, Sweden

Östergötland Runic Inscription Fv1970;310 is a Viking Age rune stone located in Kullerstad parish in Norrköping Municipality. The stone was discovered in 1969 in the churchyard wall at Kullerstad Church, after which it was removed and erected in the churchyard. The material is light red granite.

In addition to the runes and their framing lines, there is an equal-armed cross carved into the stone, which is in well-preserved condition. The inscription contains the same two names, Håkon and Gunnar, which also appear on the rune stone Östergötland Runic Inscription 162, located about 400 meters farther north at the so-called Gunnar’s Bridge.

It is believed that the stones are connected, and that this stone may also originally have stood there.

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tlands_runinskrifter_Fv1970;310

Runestone Ög FV1970, Kullerstad, Sweden

This bronze bust represents King Ferdinand I of Romania, portrayed with the solemn dignity characteristic of official royal portraiture from the early 20th century. Sculpted by Vasile Ionescu‑Varo (1887-1966), a Romanian artist known for his monumental works dedicated to national heroes and historical figures, the piece reflects both academic training and the commemorative spirit of the interwar period.
The king is shown wearing a military ceremonial uniform, complete with richly detailed decorations, medals, and a sash that crosses the chest. His facial features—firm jawline, neatly groomed mustache, and steady, forward‑looking gaze—convey authority, resolve, and the calm determination associated with his reign during World War I and the Great Union of 1918.
Today, the bust is preserved and displayed at Palatul Suțu, part of the Bucharest Municipality Museum.

King Ferdinand I of Romania by V. Ionescu-Varo

Zilveren filigraanknoop met een centrale bol en acht kleine bolletjes langs de rand, ook wel bekend als “Zeeuwse knoop”. Particuliere vondst uit Hem (gemeente Venhuizen)

*Silver filigree button with a central knob and eight small knobs around the edge, also known as a “Zeeuwse knoop” (Zeeland button). Private find from Hem (municipality of Venhuizen).*

Afmetingen-*measurements* (cm): -/1.2/-

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12153/obj42679">Collectie Archeologiemuseum Huis van Hilde PNH 5057-094.</a>

*(Model by Kees Zwaan)*

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