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Using high-tech laser gear, UN-backed team scans Ukraine historical sites to preserve them amid war

By JON GAMBRELL - Jun 13, 2023, 05:15 AM ET
Last Updated - Aug 13, 2024, 12:09 AM EDT
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Those images will be stitched together with navigational data to create a perfect three-dimensional rendering of the holy site, part of a project to protect and preserve historic places across Ukraine now in as much in danger as its people amid Russia's war on the country

Two United Nations-backed engineers are using a high-tech laser to create incredibly high-resolution, three-dimensional renderings of historic sites in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Under the plaintive painted eyes of the holy, a volunteer team of two United Nations-backed engineers watched as a whirling laser took a million measurements a second inside Kyiv's All Saints Church.  

The laser swept quickly across the church, part of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, while taking a series of incredibly high-resolution photographs. 

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Those images will be stitched together with navigational data to create a perfect three-dimensional rendering of the holy site, part of a project to protect and preserve historic places across Ukraine now in as much in danger as its people amid Russia's war on the country.  

“It’s a critical moment," said Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, who oversees Ukraine for UNESCO, the U.N.'s cultural agency. "If it’s not protected now, we really risk that this heritage is lost forever.” 

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