Non-destructive methods for evaluation of the state of preservation in historical stone monuments:the case study of the Step Pyramid in Saqqara

This study aims to fa cil i tate vi sual in ter pre ta tion of the photo doc u men ta tion data by eval u a tion of the 3D model of the Step Pyr a mid of Djoser us ing MicroStation V8i soft ware. The in te gra tion of the data into the 3D model al lowed to make num ber of con clu sions re gard ing the struc ture of the Step Pyr a mid, po ten tial threats to its sta bil ity, stone ma te - rial used for the con struc tion of the pyr a mid and dif fer ences in qual ity of the mor tar ap plied. The re sults of this study de note high po ten tial of this meth od ol ogy for its ap pli ca tion in pre lim i nary stud ies of stone mon u ments on Memphite ne crop o lis area to con trib ute the elab o ra tion of fu ture pres er va tion and con ser va tion strat egy.