The enhancement of Underwater Cultural Heritage Assets using Augmented Reality (AR)

THE ENHANCEMENT OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSETS USING
AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)
A. Malliri1
, K. Siountri 1, 2
, E. Skondras 1
, D.D. Vergados1*
, C.-N. Anagnostopoulos2
1
M.Sc. Digital Culture, Smart Cities, IoT and Advanced Digital Technologies, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus,
GR-185 34, Piraeus, Greece
(mallirhnatas@gmail.com; ksiountri@unipi.gr; skondras@unipi.gr; vergados@unipi.gr)
2
Cultural Technology and Communication Dpt., University of the Aegean, GR-81 100, Mytilene, Greece
(ksiountri@aegean.gr; canag@aegean.gr)
Commission II, WGII/9
KEY WORDS: Augmented Reality (AR), Fifth Generation (5G) Networks, Cloud Computing, Maritime Archaeology, Digital Culture
ABSTRACT:
Τhe development in the fields of Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) management and Maritime Archaeology, yields an
interdisciplinary and creative academic framework, such as the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector that has
been proved to build intelligent systems and applications. However, the ways to fully make use of these technologies are still being
explored, as their potential have not been exploited yet. Underwater archaeological sites, semi (/or fully) submerged settlements,
ancient ports and shipwrecks, unlike land sites, are not accessible to public due to their special (sub) marine environment and depth.
In this paper, an innovative research idea of using Augmented Reality (AR) for maintaining the memory and the information of
underwater archaeological sites, is presented. Although the “artificial” visual documentation cannot replace the authentic values of the
underwater tangible heritage, the AR technology can contribute to the protection of the intangible properties and the conquered
knowledge of the past of a place. This research work will focus, among other case studies, on the (semi) submerged fortifications and
their contiguous contents of the acropolis of Halai in east Lokris, Greece. Hence, along with the climate change that may lead more
antiquities covered by water during the following years, the advances in the communication field and the up-coming 5G and cloud
technologies will make the idea fully applicable, contributing to the enhancement of the coastal and the underwater archaeological
remains.
1. INTRODUCTION
The development in the fields of Underwater Cultural Heritage
Management (UCH) and Maritime Archaeology yields an
interdisciplinary and creative academic framework. The
expansion of Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) has been proved to offer great possibilities in the field of
culture by developing new ways of enhancing visitor’s
experience in sites with cultural interest, changing the way people
experience their environment. One of the most promising and
popular technologies that provides the user with an integration of
digital contents with real images is augmented reality (AR)
(Vecchio et al., 2015).
Unlike land sites, semi (/or fully) submerged settlements, ancient
ports, shipwrecks and coastal instatements are not accessible to
public due to their special (sub) marine environment and depth
(Liarokapis et al., 2017). Through the remarkable achievements
in digital technologies, including wireless communications and
smart devices, the exploitation of AR models is now feasible, in
order to provide a better understanding of coastal and underwater
cultural heritage assets.
In underwater archaeological sites, the production of immersive
AR models is focused on the virtual reconstruction of the
archaeological findings. Until nowadays, the dominant trend of
the AR implementation in underwater archaeological sites is the
production of three-dimensional (3D) models for the purpose of
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virtual reconstruction of shipwrecks, ancient ports, architectural
installations, cargo and so forth, aiming to give digital
accessibility to both scholars and visitors (Skarlatos et al., 2016).
In the field of coastal archaeological sites, AR remains a
challenging task. When it comes to coastal landscapes the
difficulty lies in their turbulent character. So, the visualization
and the modeling of the cultural traces that being contained
within this distinct zone, as a process, are intricating and need a
common methodological lingua. A remarkable establishment of
an interdisciplinary geo-archaeological survey methodology and
lingua of seacoasts is being implemented by the A.Sho.Re project
(Yiannouli, 2016). However, the ways to go beyond the today’s
use of AR are still being explored, as we have not exploited yet
the potential of the new technologies in terms of digital content,
usability, accuracy and end-user services (Han et al., 2014;
Olsson et al., 2012).
Although the “artificial” visual documentation cannot replace the
authentic values of the maritime tangible heritage, the AR
technology can contribute to the protection of the intangible
properties and the conquered knowledge of the past of a place
(Siountri et al., 2018).
The main aim of the research idea presented here is to investigate
whether a coastal or an underwater archaeological site can be
explored and demonstrated within the operating principles of the
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“Smart Cultural Heritage” (SCHaaS) as a service (Siountri et al.,
2018). Taking into consideration the concept of the upcoming
evolution of the fifth generation (5G) Wireless Communication
Networks and the developments in the field of Cloud Computing
(CC), Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) or Fog infrastructures,
sensors and IoT devices together with services, this paper
proposes a system architecture which deals with the innovative
idea of using AR for maintaining the memory and the information
of semi (/or fully) submerged archaeological sites, which are at
risk of being forgotten or passed by due to the peculiarity of their
environment.
The considered scheme idea is going to be implemented through
one study case: the archaeological site of Halai, in east Locris
(Greece) (Coleman et al., 2017). The excavation project of the
site is under the direction of the American School of Classical
Studies in Athens (ASCSA).
The remainder of the paper is organized as follows: Firstly,
current uses of AR technology in the underwater cultural heritage
topic are described. Furthermore, the use of AR is studied in the
case of the (semi) submerged fortifications of Halai in east
Lokris, Greece. Subsequently, the proposed system architecture
is described, while the final section concludes our work.
2. STATE OF THE ART
2.1. AR Technology in Underwater Cultural Heritage
Nowadays, AR technology has raised great attention and interest
with several applications (entertainment, education, commerce,
art, medicine etc). Although, the research in the field of AR dates
back from the 1960s (Kounavis et al., 2012), the debut of smart
devises in 2007 enabled high accuracy geolocation featuring
components required for AR applications such as cameras,
gyroscopes, solid state compasses and accelerometers
(Haugstvedt & Krogstie, 2012).
Augmented Reality, by definition, supplements reality rather than
completely replacing it, as it provides a way of presenting
physical objects (existing environment) in their surroundings
with additional virtual descriptions or graphic content (virtual
environment) using video, pictures maps, graphics, sounds,
vibration etc. In such way, the computer-generated data is
overlying the real-world and the user can see virtual and real
objects coexisting in the same space (Noh et al., 2009).
The dominant trend of the AR implementation in archaeological
sites is the production of 3D models of monuments in their past
situation (virtual reconstruction) aiming to give visitors the third
dimension (height, volume etc.), especially to those who do not
have special knowledge of archaeology.
An AR application is considered (Vecchio et al., 2015) to manage
a) the detection of objects within the scene (either marker-based,
markerless or location-based detection), b) overlay the digital
content with the real scene and c) the management of huge
amount of data with several formats, such as texts, images, video,
sounds associated to a specific cultural asset.
In sites with cultural interest, AR can improve visitors’
experience with a time navigation (timeline) or with the
integration of 3D models, data and storytelling, tagged to a
specific geolocation on the environment. Augmented reality,
therefore, becomes an instrument of intersection between history
(in its scientific issues of relationship with sources, philological
interpretation, critical analysis and presentation) and memory
(Brusaporci et al., 2017), that can increase the audience
awareness of the uniqueness of a place (Antonczak et al., 2017).
The use of new technologies and especially the implementation
of AR models improves the exploitation of Underwater Cultural
Heritage (UCH). The Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH)
according to (Bruno et al., 2017) «is an immeasurable
archaeological and historical resource, with extensive and
varied assets (sunken cities, ancient shipwrecks, prehistoric
submerged landscapes, and sacrificial sites, remains of ancient
fishing installations and ports), but it cannot be easily accessible
by humans due to a number of limitations imposed by the
underwater environment». As a result, it is quite evident that AR
and VR models enhance the accessibility of the UCH and allow
any user to live an immersive learning experience with a distinct
emotional reaction. (Bruno et al., 2017). It is worth noting that
the emersion is in charge of the sensation of being part of the
VR/AR environment (Ijsselstein and Riva, 2003). The feeling of
the presence is dynamic and decisive when it comes to participate
in an interactive experience of a real-world environment.
During the last two decades considerable improvements have
been carried out in the UCH field. The 2001 Unesco Convention
on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage has
demonstrated remarkable achievements in the field of submerged
archaeological sites, by defining the basic principles and
recommendations for the protection and in-situ conservation of
the submerged archaeological sites. Moreover, the European
Commission through the principle of Blue Growth Strategy
seems to bring together mainly research institutes and museums
with tourism companies, in order to boost an alternative and
sustainable way of tourist coastal exploration and development.
In this context, many interdisciplinary and co-operative projects
have been (/are) implemented at the scientific forum. The VISAS
project (Virtual and augmented exploitation of Submerged
Archaeological Sites) develop an integrated package of services
for “improving the visitors’ experience and enjoyment” (Bruno
et al, 2017) of underwater archaeological sites. Through this
project users have the unique opportunity to live an immersive
exploration of underwater archaeological sites from Italy, Greece
and Croatia, which they wouldn’t have had the chance to see
them before, due to the various limitations imposed by the
submerged environment (Bruno et al, 2017). The potential of AR
to enhance immediate surroundings through the projection of
digital content into users’ real environment has been discussed in
various research contexts (Han et al., 2013, Hammady et al.,
2016). For the tourism industry, an increasing number of scholars
recognize the potential of AR for the enhancement of the tourism
experience (Leue et al., 2015). For example, in the VISAS
project, the AR tool improves the diver tourists’ experience in the
submerged archaeological site (Bruno et al., 2016).
The innovative project iMARECULTURE (Advanced VR,
iMmersive Serious Games and Augmented REality as Tools to
Raise Awareness and Access to European Underwater
CULTURal heritagE) is focusing to make use both of dry-diving
and diving experience. This project aims to raise the European
maritime and underwater cultural awareness through immersive
technologies, augmented and virtual reality. Especially designed
underwater tablets using Augmented Reality will, according to
the researchers (Skarlatos et al., 2016), superimpose information
about specific finds and architectural designs on the screen of a
specially designed underwater tablet. The information will be
provided in real time and on user’s demand, in order to avoid
overloading the diver.

Taking into consideration the research ideas and proposals of
distinct interdisciplinary projects that are implemented in the
wider scientific area of the Maritime and Underwater Cultural
Heritage, the significance of dry-dive experience of (semi)
submerged antiquities in UCH sites has been noticed. Thus, in
this paper a research method that allows users to experience the
underwater cultural heritage assets of a place, through “smart”
and AR technologies, without diving is proposed. Yet, according
to (Dieck et al., 2018) the developments in the field of smart
glasses and watches extend the opportunities of AR wearable
computing technology. With the help of the proposed system
architecture, which is analyzed in Section 4, users will be able to
receive instant information on unknown underwater
surroundings providing a new learning experience by using
marker-based or location-based AR applications. Therefore, a
primary goal of this research idea is to sustain the coastal tourism
of underwater archaeological places, by offering a “Smart
Cultural Heritage” experience as a Service (SCHaaS).
3. THE CASE STUDY OF THE HALAI
This research work will focus on the (semi) submerged
fortifications and their contiguous contents of the acropolis of
Halai in east Lokris, Greece.
3.1. Archaeological-Topographical Description of the place
Halai, a small ancient town in East or Opountian Locris, is
situated “hard by the sea” (Coleman, et al., 1992) on the
southeastern shore of the North Euboean Gulf at the east end of
the bay known to Strabo (9.4.2) as the Opountian Gulf and called
nowadays the Bay of Atalante. The ancient city of Halai was
located on the southeastern side of Atalante Bay (Figure 1) and
was a fortified harbor-town. The small low hill that later became
the acropolis was originally inhabited during the Neolithic period
(6000-5300 BC) and then abandoned for about 5000 years.
Around 600 BC the hill was once again inhabited as an acropolis
of a new city with an area of about 55 km.
Figure 1. The Bay of Atalante © J. Coleman
Prof. John E. Coleman and his team excavated the site of Halai
during the «Cornell Halai and East Lokris Project» (CHELP),
under the direction of the American School of Classical Studies
in Athens (ASCSA) (Coleman et al., 1992, Coleman et al., 2017).
CHELP's work began in 1985 with the re-designing of the
acropolis remains (Figure 2), while surface surveys were carried
out over an area of approximately 185 km, providing a clear
picture of the Halai region and its borders. Surface research has
provided evidence of the existence of an additional external
fortification wall around the Hellenistic Acropolis. This research
has been followed, since 1990, by new excavations on the
acropolis and a systematic study of the finds. In 1992, CHELP
carried out underwater excavations in front of the acropolis in
Area G (Figure 3), in collaboration with the Ephorate of
Underwater Antiquities of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and
Sports, during which Hellenistic buildings were located
(Coleman et al., 1999, O' Neill et al., 1999).
The first excavations of the site were carried out from 1911 to
1935 by Hetty Goldman and Alice Walker (Kosmopoulos)
(Goldman, 1940) (Figure 4). These excavations have shown that
Halai had a fortified acropolis in classical times which continued
to be occupied until Late Roman or Byzantine times and that
extensive Neolithic deposits underlay the classical ones
(Coleman et al., 1999). Two hundred and eighty tombs of
Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic date were also excavated near
the outer boundaries of the town to the north and east of the
acropolis.
Figure 2. Aerial view (southeast aspect) of the site of Halai
© J. Coleman
Halai, in the ancient Greek terminology «Αλές», means "salty"
(«αλυκές») signifying the importance of salt for the economy of
the city (Coleman et al., 1992, Kakavas, 2015). The rise,
however, of the sea level has destroyed the remains of the ancient
salt marshes today. The site of Halai is reported by Strabo (9.4.2),
Pausanias (9.24.5) and Plutarch (Sulla 26), while urban activities
are well certified by the many inscriptions found on and around
the acropolis, dating from the Archaic to the Late Roman-
Paleochristian era.
The sea level when the Neolithic settlers arrived in 6000 BC in
Halai is estimated to be about 20 m. lower than today. Τhe rise of
the sea level is due to the global warming since the last ice age
(Last Glacial Maximum), along with the tectonic movements,
isostatic sea level changes and eustatism. Therefore, in the past
the hill where the acropolis was founded was about 2 km away
from the seashore. Around 5300 BC, the Neolithic settlement was
abandoned as the sea level had climbed another 10 m. and the
acropolis was only 800 m away from the seashore. The loss of
arable land due to the rise in sea level may have been the main
factor in the abandonment of the Neolithic settlement. During the
Archaic period the level was estimated to be approximately 5 m.
lower than today and the seaside lasted 100 m. from the acropolis.
Since then the sea level has continued to rise. Today the sea
embraces the citadel's fortifications and as a result the ancient

ruins are detected at its bottom, in front of the acropolis, at a depth
of at least 2 m. from the surface. The geological rift of Atalanti
→ Larymna is one of the most active fissures in the area of East
Locrida, where Halai is situated. It has an area of about 30 km.
and passes near the current cities of Atalanti, Kyparissi, Tragana,
Martino and Larymna.
The ancient geographical area of Opountian Locris also includes
the major harbor-towns of Larymna, Opous, Livanates, Kynos,
Arkitsa and Thronion. The antiquities situated in these ancient
harbor-towns are now semi or in many cases fully submerged due
to the ongoing sea-level fluctuation.
Figure 3. Plan of the excavation segments in Acropolis of Halai.
The underwater fortification is situated in Area G © J. Coleman
Figure 4. Plan of the H. Goldman Trenches & Cornell Halai and
East Locris Trenches (CHELP) © J. Coleman
3.2. The Enhancement of Halai’s Underwater Antiquities
The site falls within the boundaries of the modern town of
Theologos, a former fishing village which has become a popular
destination spot during summer vacations. Yet, the rapid
expansion of Theologos in recent years poses a considerable
threat to the coastal antiquities, due to the major access road
which passes over the Acropolis of Halai and as a result the site
is divided into two parts. In addition with the road construction
project, a significant part of the site is partial submerged in
swallow waters due to the constant marine and climate changes.
As a result part of the Hellenistic fortification along with other
cultural heritage assets of the acropolis are in danger due to the
constant sea-level fluctuation.
The present research idea aims to enrich the protection and
enhancement of Halai underwater heritage using digital tools
such as AR. The Augmented Reality in this case will contribute
to the creation of an immersive coastal path that will help both
scholars, citizens and future visitors to reinforce the strong
historic connection between the ancient civilizations of the place
with the sea. Through an immersive coastal or/and floating visit
to the swallow waters of the Halai’s natural port, the users will
gain a diverse information about the part of the archaeological
site that is now invisible to non-divers. The means of the
aforementioned floating visit could have been bottom-glass
boats, or even simple boats.
Thus, this process is presented here as a primary station of a
flexible maritime network, which in the future may include the
major harbor-towns of Larymna, Halais, Opous, Livanates,
Kynos, Arkitsa, Thronion, as well as the nearby coastal
archaeological sites which fall within the geographic area of our
research study.
4. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Regarding the advancements in the Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT), the proposed system
architecture allows an easy and effective interaction with the
real–world environment that can be applied to (semi) submerged
antiquities, within the concept of the upcoming evolution of the
Fifth Generation (5G) wireless communication networks and the
developments in the field of Cloud Computing (CC), Mobile
Edge Computing (MEC) or Fog infrastructures, sensors and IoT
devices and services (Siountri et al., 2018).
The proposed system architecture combines AR technology, the
use of the proposed Smart Cultural Heritage as a Service
(SCHaaS) delivery model (Siountri, et al., 2018) as well as cloud
and wireless communication infrastructures, in order to provide
users and researchers information and data associated to a
monument or archaeological interest place. More specifically, it
can be used by residents or visitors of an area that are not aware
of the “hidden” underwater antiquities or tourists that enjoy
services like boat excursions along the coast etc. The users can
be offered “dry experiences” that help them realize the cultural
wealth near them or underneath them and make them also realize
the connection between places with the same historical links,
(e.g. the fortified city of Halai that half of it is visible and half of
it is under water). Additionally, due to the proposed systems
functionality this important information is associated with the
geolocation data, providing real time information, while at the
same time preserves the data for future study in a cloud
environment.
The Smart Cultural Heritage as a Service (SCHaaS) model
presented in Figure 5 is applied. It combines Software as a
Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure
as a Service (IaaS) functionalities, to provide a fully virtualized
environment for services implementation, deployment,
maintenance and usage.
Specifically, IaaS provides the appropriate infrastructure for
offering PaaS, since it lets the user to create a virtualized
infrastructure consisted of several Virtual Machines (VMs) or
platforms. Thus, VMs created using IaaS are provided as PaaS to

software developers along with the specific usage rights.
Consequently, PaaS provides the appropriate components for
offering SaaS, since the applications created and deployed using
PaaS, can be offered as SaaS to users.
Figure 5. The Smart Cultural Heritage as a Service (SCHaaS)
model
Figure 6 presents the proposed system architecture that has been
developed using simulation software. Specifically, a trace file
indicating the map of the place of Halai has been created using
the Open Street Map software (Open Street Map - OSM, 2018).
Then, the trace file has been used as input in the Simulator of
Urban Mobility (SUMO) allowing the transfer of the real map to
the considered simulation environment (Behrisch et al., 2011).
Furthermore, a network topology is being built upon the map,
using the Network Simulator 3 (Network Simulator 3 - NS3,
2018). It includes a Cloud and a Fog infrastructure.
Figure 6. The proposed system architecture
The Cloud infrastructure includes a set of virtual machines
(VMs), while each VM hosts AR digital content about the
archaeological findings. Accordingly, the Fog infrastructure
consists of LTE Macrocell/Femtocell e-NodeBs (1609.3-2016,
2016), WiMAX Macrocell/ Femtocell Base Stations (802.16q-
2015, 2015) and 802.11p WAVE Road Side Units (RSUs)
(1609.3-2016, 2016), providing access to the Cloud resources.
Moreover, Near Field Communication (NFC) tags and Quick
Response (QR) codes have been installed to specific positions of
the Fog infrastructure (Vazquez-Briseno et al., 2012). Finally, a
Software Defined Network (SDN) controller provides
centralized control of the entire system (Nunes et al., 2014).
The sequence diagram of Figure 7 presents the system
functionality. As the user moves inside the archaeological site of
Halai or the coastal zone, his position is monitored using GPS
equipment. The user interacts with the Fog infrastructure and
retrieves AR content. If the requested AR data already exists to
the Fog, they are immediately provided to the user. On the
contrary, the Fog interacts with the Cloud infrastructure through
the SDN controller, retrieves the requested AR models and,
finally, transmits them to the user. In this case, the Fog caches
the aforementioned AR models, in order to immediately transmit
them to future users.
Additionally, the user can scan NFC tags and/or QR codes
installed on the land using his device, to request AR content.
Indicatively, visitors of the archaeological site of Halai can get
notifications about the coastal antiquities or a passenger can be
informed about the historical importance of his location from the
signs that are placed by the road.
5. DISCUSSION AND FUTURE WORK
This research idea is still in progress, including the conclusion of
the case study of Halai. This is a pilot study set up to explore the
maritime network of the harbor-towns of Larymna, Opous,
Livanates, Kynos, Arkitsa, Thronion, as well as the nearby
coastal archaeological sites, which fall within the geographic area
of Halai. These geographical aforementioned areas consist a part
of our research projects, within the concept of “Smart Cultural
Heritage as a Service (SCHaaS)”, and the potential of the “Smart
Tourism as a Service (STaaS)” research study, regarding the
services that can be offered to the visitors of a place.
The discipline of maritime and underwater archaeology is a
dynamic one: theory and practice are continually changing
(Oxley, 2001). In addition to this fact, the available technologies
(digital transformation) and the environment (climate change) is
in a continuous transition, affecting the progress of the research
in this field. These coastal archaeological places have a complex
interaction with human through the years. They form a succinct
outline of geohistory of the Atalantis Bay. The understanding,
and yet the modeling of these maritime cultural systems still
remains a challenging research work.
6. CONCLUDING REMARKS
In this paper, a multidisciplinary research concerning both
innovative Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) management
and the use of technology for the digitization, representation,
documentation, and communication of cultural heritage
knowledge has been analysed. AR technology can offer a
gateway concept between the real world and the virtual world,
rich in new content and services that can be applied to the “Smart
Cultural Heritage as a Service (SCHaaS)” and “Smart Tourism
as a Service (STaaS)” models.

Figure 7. The sequence diagram indicating the functionality of the proposed system
The advances in the communication field, the up-coming 5G and
cloud technologies will make the idea fully applicable to users,
contributing to the enhancement of the coastal and the
underwater archaeological findings. Moreover, the climate
change may lead more and more antiquities covered by water the
following years. In case there is no way to avoid these
phenomena, our society must work on the idea of preserving “the
memory” and “the knowledge” of the “hidden” past and pass it
to the next generations.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The publication of this paper has been partly supported by the
University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC). The authors
would like to thank Prof. John Coleman and Dr. George Kakavas
for the supportive distribution of their rich photographic material
as well as for the various plans of the excavation segments from
the acropolis of Halai.
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