Videos by Mohamed Soliman
Arlington Community Media Inc. (ACMI)-USA offered to record a series of episodes entitled: “A Day... more Arlington Community Media Inc. (ACMI)-USA offered to record a series of episodes entitled: “A Day in the Life of an Egyptian Archaeologist”, which record my daily life and scientific activities under the Coronavirus circumstances in Japan. One of the most impressive of which was interviewing the Egyptian living legend Prof. Farouk al-Baz. For the time being, we are preparing to record new episodes according to the promotion of the research project at DMUCH.
However, the already recorded episodes are published on ACMI platform and the educational channels of USA’s universities and institutes, please watch. "Delineation of Ancient Alexandria for Sustaining the Cultural Heritage: Approach of Remote Sensi... more "Delineation of Ancient Alexandria for Sustaining the Cultural Heritage: Approach of Remote Sensing, GPR and GIS for Sustainable Development"
-The 65th [Special Edition] International ARC Seminar
-Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University; Kyoto, 18th Dec. 3 views
Papers by Mohamed Soliman
Geostrategic location exposed Alexandria to upside-down change, affecting the historical LULC. Th... more Geostrategic location exposed Alexandria to upside-down change, affecting the historical LULC. The geographic discoveries movement in the late 15th C. and early 16th C. was in line with the Mamluk-Ottoman struggle that ended with the fall of the Mamluk Empire and converted Egypt to an Ottoman subordinate state, in 1517 CE. As a result, Alexandria lost its historical importance as a world trade harbor in favor of Rosetta. This critical condition shaded the urban of medieval Alexandria causing a frequent land change, which was identified by the Napoleonic map 1801 CE. In the age of digital humanities, geospatial approach, remote sensing, and GIS support understating the historical attributes of pre-modern
Alexandria and analyzing its LULC change over three centuries (1517-1801 CE).
Digitizing collections held at the Kyoto City Archaeological Museum (KCAM) highlights the value o... more Digitizing collections held at the Kyoto City Archaeological Museum (KCAM) highlights the value of photogrammetry technique during COVID-19 outbreak as a simplified effective method for preparedness and post-disaster response, potentially applicable for MENA region museums exposed to several types of crisis triggered by natural and man-made disaster, e.g. armed conflict and earthquakes. A PhotoScan technique is adopted to generate SfM/MVS for KCAM, while its simplified tools and processing are demonstrated compared with other techniques (such as UAVs and TLS).
The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science, 2020
Synthesis of Geospatial Database and Interdisciplinary to Achieve NSDS for Downtown Alexandria, Egypt Vision 2030, 2021
Natural hazard and over than 2300 of human activities impacted on Alexandria, causing a deep topo... more Natural hazard and over than 2300 of human activities impacted on Alexandria, causing a deep topographic and urban transformation. In integration with cosmopolitanism, the cultural heritage diversity of Alexandria has been generated that is still surviving although hectic development of its contemporary potentiality, basically as the main harbour of Egypt, tourism, commercial and industrial activities. Team of DMUCH-Ritsumeikan University has constructed geospatial database of Alexandria using historic map and satellite imagery in integration with interdisciplinary basically, remote sensing and geophysics, aiming to figure out the historical context of the land use and urban evolution of the city, so far. Meanwhile, geodesign approach was adopted to innovate a change model. So, the adopted synthetic approach supports stakeholders and decision makers to outline action plans to achieve SDGs for Downtown Alexandria within NSDS, Egypt vision 2030.
Simulation of a Discovered Mamluk Picnic Palace (1347 CE) in Qal'at al-Kabsh, 2021
Maqrīzī mentions an amazing building was built by Sultan al-Saleh (1240-1249 CE), grandson of Sal... more Maqrīzī mentions an amazing building was built by Sultan al-Saleh (1240-1249 CE), grandson of Saladin al-Ayyuby's brother on ancient foundations of al-Qata'i, the Tulunid Town (868 CE). During the Mamluk period, more development had been carried out, basically when al-Nasr Mohamed ibn Qalawun rebuilt Qal'at al-Kabsh again in 1323 CE. However, al-Ashraf Sha'ban demolished a part of it that became used for housing. Responding to an invitation from the Ministry of Antiquities, Summer 2019, the team of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) implemented geophysical survey for discovered ruins under the urban fabric of Qal'at al-Kabsh in Historic Cairo. Identification of these discovered ruins, orientation and dating would be a challenge via traditional archaeological means. Subsequently, integrated technologies utilized to combine the traditional scattered data for interpreting the unknown ruins. Hence, this contribution represents efforts spent for modelling new discoveries in the context of digital archaeology.
Natural hazard and over than 2300 of human activities impacted on Alexandria, causing a deep topo... more Natural hazard and over than 2300 of human activities impacted on Alexandria, causing a deep topographic and urban transformation. In integration with cosmopolitanism, the cultural heritage diversity of Alexandria has been generated that is still surviving although hectic development of its contemporary potentiality, basically as the main harbour of Egypt, tourism, commercial and industrial activities. Team of DMUCH-Ritsumeikan University has constructed geospatial database of Alexandria using historic map and satellite imagery in integration with interdisciplinary basically, remote sensing and geophysics, aiming to figure out the historical context of the land use and urban evolution of the city, so far. Meanwhile, geodesign approach was adopted to innovate a change model. So, the adopted synthetic approach supports stakeholders and decision makers to outline action plans to achieve SDGs for Downtown Alexandria within NSDS, Egypt vision 2030.
JSPS Research Life Under Corona Outbreak: A Live Story at DMUCH-Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 2021
Introduction
JSPS is a lofty scientific goal for those looking to advance high-level research and... more Introduction
JSPS is a lofty scientific goal for those looking to advance high-level research and expand their scientific network, whether with Japanese scientists or even outside of Japan. According this perception, I was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage (DMUCH), Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus in Kyoto. It was a surprise, because it was the fourth round for me and almost the last opportunity to apply in accordance with my JSPS eligibility. However, the JSPS research project is a promotion of my Ph.D. thesis “the water system of Alexandria during the Islamic Period”, which adopted the interdisciplinary of archaeological architecture and hydrology. Accordingly, the research plan relates to the sustainability of the Alexandria water system using advanced technology, mainly GIS, Remote Sensing (RS), and geophysics, in addition to other related methods.
Journal of Disaster Mitigation for Historical Cities,, 2021
Cosmopolitanism, geostrategic location, and over 2300 years of human activity have formulated the... more Cosmopolitanism, geostrategic location, and over 2300 years of human activity have formulated the cultural heritage
diversity of Alexandria since its foundation in 332 BC. However, centralization and contemporary social behavior raise
the commercial value of Downtown Alexandria, which impact on its urban cultural heritage. Geodesign methodology and
application provide a design framework of sustainable planning and supporting technology to leverage geographic
information, resulting in designs that follow natural systems. Therefore, Geodesign Alexandria project could change
mindset to preserve the authenticity of its historical urban fabric and merge it to the (NSDS), Egypt vision 2030 using
interdisciplinary systems.
Eng. M. Gaston Jondet Atlas Historique de la ville des ports d'Alexandrie GIS ArcGIS Online abstr... more Eng. M. Gaston Jondet Atlas Historique de la ville des ports d'Alexandrie GIS ArcGIS Online abstract Alexandria was surveyed by foreign explorers, officers, and spies for several purposes. Some produced historic maps were inaccurate, as a result of technical error or rushing implementation. Chosen historic maps extracted from; Atlas Historique de la ville des ports d Alexandrie collected by Eng. M. Gaston Jondet and published under the patronage of Sultan Fouad I (1918-1936) in 1921, plus more recent sources. Recent satellite images are provided from different sources. In the age of digital humanities, the construction of historic maps of Alexandria via ArcGIS generates a database for understanding the historical attributes of Alexandria and analyzing its LULC change that was carried out over the last five centuries and providing the data for public use.
Construction of GIS Database of Alexandria Based on the Old Maps 古地図に基づくアレクサンドリアのGISデータベースの構築, 2021
Eng. M. Gaston Jondet Atlas Historique de la ville des ports d'Alexandrie GIS ArcGIS Online abstr... more Eng. M. Gaston Jondet Atlas Historique de la ville des ports d'Alexandrie GIS ArcGIS Online abstract Alexandria was surveyed by foreign explorers, officers, and spies for several purposes. Some produced historic maps were inaccurate, as a result of technical error or rushing implementation. Chosen historic maps extracted from; Atlas Historique de la ville des ports d Alexandrie collected by Eng. M. Gaston Jondet and published under the patronage of Sultan Fouad I (1918-1936) in 1921, plus more recent sources. Recent satellite images are provided from different sources. In the age of digital humanities, the construction of historic maps of Alexandria via ArcGIS generates a database for understanding the historical attributes of Alexandria and analyzing its LULC change that was carried out over the last five centuries and providing the data for public use.
قصــرالأميـرة فاطمة حيـدر بالإسـكندريــة "1919 - 1925م", 2013
The Nile River plays a central role in Egyptians' everyday life as the sustainable source of fres... more The Nile River plays a central role in Egyptians' everyday life as the sustainable source of fresh water. Egyptians sought to regulate the Nile through the ages by inventing water systems suitable to monitor, measure and oversee the Nile's behaviour. Because of the high value of water in Islam and its link to agriculture and taxation, Muslim rulers paid attention to water projects for irrigation and delivery to the cities throughout Islamic medieval dynasties. Islamic Cairo has a variety of water systems reacting to two major factors. First: westward shifting of the Nile, according to topographic inclination, causing the waves cutting into the west bank to precipitate in the east. As a result, the founders (Sultans al-Naser Mohamed and al-Ghoury in particular) always built new water intake towers in response to this phenomenon. Second: the relocation of the capital of Islamic Egypt to Cairo and later to the Citadel northeast resulting in constant displacement further away from the Nile bank. Whereas 'Amr ibn al-'As built al-Fustat (641 A.D) close to the Nile, al-'Asakar (750 CE) and al-Qata'i (876 A.D) were built northeast of al-Fustat away from the Nile. When al-Mu'izz Ledin-Allah came to Egypt in 971 A.D, he blamed the commander of his army Jawhar al-Saqaly because of the city's location far from the Nile. The citadel of Cairo is the farthest capital of Islamic Egypt, because of the appropriateness of the fortified location on al-Muqattam heaps inside the newly built Citadel. Chronicles and surviving buildings provide a full narrative and accounts of water systems of the Islamic capitals in Egypt. Such knowledge and information enable a credible virtual reality model to create a realistic output for the tangibles and intangibles of the water system using the virtual reality application.
Books by Mohamed Soliman
Chapter 8: The Functional Urbanism of Souq Al-Silah, Cairo: The Political and Economic Impact on Trade in a Medieval Urban Fabric, 2022
This chapter introduces Souq Al-Silah, the 'market of weapons' which occupied a strategic locatio... more This chapter introduces Souq Al-Silah, the 'market of weapons' which occupied a strategic location in the capital of Egypt, Cairo. Souq Al-Silah not only equipped Egyptian troops with weapons and provided for their maintenance, it also supplied the civil community with various blades for civil use and self-defence. Souq Al-Silah experienced several social, economic, and political changes over nearly 700 years, that altered the Souq's urban and architectural morphology, and impacted the socio-urban fabric of the market and other areas in the historic district of Al-Darb Al-Ahmar. Today, although the weaponry industry has completely vanished, what remains is an area for daily shopping activities, other evolving crafts such as carpentry, and a long history, worth remembering and capturing in rehabilitation projects of the area as living evidence of the impact of socio-political changes that markets bring to communities
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Videos by Mohamed Soliman
However, the already recorded episodes are published on ACMI platform and the educational channels of USA’s universities and institutes, please watch.
-The 65th [Special Edition] International ARC Seminar
-Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University; Kyoto, 18th Dec.
Papers by Mohamed Soliman
Alexandria and analyzing its LULC change over three centuries (1517-1801 CE).
JSPS is a lofty scientific goal for those looking to advance high-level research and expand their scientific network, whether with Japanese scientists or even outside of Japan. According this perception, I was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage (DMUCH), Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus in Kyoto. It was a surprise, because it was the fourth round for me and almost the last opportunity to apply in accordance with my JSPS eligibility. However, the JSPS research project is a promotion of my Ph.D. thesis “the water system of Alexandria during the Islamic Period”, which adopted the interdisciplinary of archaeological architecture and hydrology. Accordingly, the research plan relates to the sustainability of the Alexandria water system using advanced technology, mainly GIS, Remote Sensing (RS), and geophysics, in addition to other related methods.
diversity of Alexandria since its foundation in 332 BC. However, centralization and contemporary social behavior raise
the commercial value of Downtown Alexandria, which impact on its urban cultural heritage. Geodesign methodology and
application provide a design framework of sustainable planning and supporting technology to leverage geographic
information, resulting in designs that follow natural systems. Therefore, Geodesign Alexandria project could change
mindset to preserve the authenticity of its historical urban fabric and merge it to the (NSDS), Egypt vision 2030 using
interdisciplinary systems.
Books by Mohamed Soliman
However, the already recorded episodes are published on ACMI platform and the educational channels of USA’s universities and institutes, please watch.
-The 65th [Special Edition] International ARC Seminar
-Art Research Center (ARC), Ritsumeikan University; Kyoto, 18th Dec.
Alexandria and analyzing its LULC change over three centuries (1517-1801 CE).
JSPS is a lofty scientific goal for those looking to advance high-level research and expand their scientific network, whether with Japanese scientists or even outside of Japan. According this perception, I was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute of Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage (DMUCH), Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus in Kyoto. It was a surprise, because it was the fourth round for me and almost the last opportunity to apply in accordance with my JSPS eligibility. However, the JSPS research project is a promotion of my Ph.D. thesis “the water system of Alexandria during the Islamic Period”, which adopted the interdisciplinary of archaeological architecture and hydrology. Accordingly, the research plan relates to the sustainability of the Alexandria water system using advanced technology, mainly GIS, Remote Sensing (RS), and geophysics, in addition to other related methods.
diversity of Alexandria since its foundation in 332 BC. However, centralization and contemporary social behavior raise
the commercial value of Downtown Alexandria, which impact on its urban cultural heritage. Geodesign methodology and
application provide a design framework of sustainable planning and supporting technology to leverage geographic
information, resulting in designs that follow natural systems. Therefore, Geodesign Alexandria project could change
mindset to preserve the authenticity of its historical urban fabric and merge it to the (NSDS), Egypt vision 2030 using
interdisciplinary systems.