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| (Looting at Tell Arian, Hasseke. Photo copyright: DGAM)
Photos of looting from the countryside of Hasseke
- The DGAM have released photographs of some of the looting occurring at Tel Arian in the countryside of Hasseke, available in English here and in Arabic here.
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Grave robbing at Dibsi Afnan, Raqqa
- The Association to Protect Syrian Archaeology have released a report of the looting of graves at Dibsi Afnan, near Dibsi Faraj, in Raqqa, available here.
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| Smugglers selling items from a museum in Deir ez-Zor?
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| Reports and Updates from the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums |
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DGAM Disclaimer
- The DGAM would like it to be known that they are not associated with the new Facebook page claiming to be by the DGAM’s director. This page is not official. (See details here).
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| Policy Changes and Updates from Syria |
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| (Syrian students conducting restoration. Photo copyright: SANA)
Syrian students restore their heritage
- The Directorate of Scientific and Restoration Laboratories at the General Directorate of Archaeology and Museums has launched a volunteer project for Damascus University students under the title of “Together We Restore Syria’s Antiquities.”
The project, which aims at qualifying and training more national staff and involving students of Damascus University in the restoration work, starts on 13th of July and runs through 12th of August.
The full article is available here.
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Museum collection training courses run for Syrians
- Extract from press release…
“Penn Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the Syrian Interim Government’s Heritage Task Force, have come together to offer assistance for museum curators, heritage experts, and civilians working to protect cultural heritage inside Syria. A three-day training program, “Emergency Care for Syrian Museum Collections,” focusing on safeguarding high risk collections, was completed in late June; additional training programs are being planned, pending funding. […]About 20 people from several Syrian provinces attended the first training […]The objectives of the workshop were three-fold: to offer information on how to secure museum collections safely during emergencies; to provide participants with basic supplies for packing and securing museum collections, and to begin a dialogue among Syrian participants about emergency responses.”
The full press by the Penn Museum release is available here.
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| Reports and more information on the damage to Syria’s heritage
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