الأضرار التي لحقت بالتراث سوريا – 12 سبتمبر 2015

الأضرار التي لحقت التراث السوري
12 سبتمبر 2015
توفر هذه النشرة ملخصا لأحدث التقارير عن الأضرار التي لحقت بالتراث سوريا. ينبغي التأكيد على أن جزءا كبيرا من هذه البيانات لا يمكن التحقق, ولكن يؤمل أن ذلك سيساعد في توثيق الأضرار التي تحدث, وتساعد على رفع الوعي. Heritage for Peace have released a statement concerning their stance on data recording, availbale هنا.

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المحتويات الرئيسية

جديدة من التراث للسلام | تحديثات بشأن الأضرار | تحديثات على النهب | التراث غير المادي | Syrian Activity | التغييرات السياسة والتحديثات من سوريا | آخر الدولية | أخبار التحديثات

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جديدة من التراث للسلام
التراث للمشاركة السلام في وسائل الإعلام

  • Our Secretary, رينيه Teijgeler, was interviewed by the Guardian, in a podcast you can listen to هنا, elaborating on the work and ethics of Heritage for Peace, together with ASOR’s Michael Danti, and Angus Martin from CyArk.
  • HFP’s Greg Fisher was interviewed on Sirius XM Canada Talks on September 3 about ISIS and the destruction of Palmyra.

تحديثات بشأن الأضرار
(Destruction of the Temple of Bel. مصدر الصور: UNITAR-UNOSAT, on the BBC.)

ISIS continue to destroy Palmyra

On August 29, the French released satellite images confirming the extent of the destruction of the Temple of Baalshamin, متاح هنا, وDGAM released photos .

في 30 أغسطس, numerous reports surfaced that Da’esh had dynamited the Temple of Bel (see the BBC, al-Jazeera, إلخ). Whislt some suggested the damage might not be as bad as feared (eg the Guardian), في 1 September it was confirmed by satellite imaging that the Temple of Bel at Palmyra had been almost completely destroyed. There have been numerous articles covering this, في BBC,Reuters, ARCA, and by the DGAM, إلخ.

وDGAM released a statement on the destruction.

Further destruction followed. في 4 سبتمبر, Da’esh started demolishing the famous Tower Tombs. Seven are gone, including the Tomb of Elahbel (read the DGAM report هنا.)

The ASOR Syrian Heritage Initiative released a special report on the damage, which can be read هنا.

According to the Guardian, the DGAMs Director, Maamoun Abdulkarim is reported as saying that ‘the world is witnessing the systematic destruction of Palmyra, and that he has lost all hope of the historic city’s treasures being salvaged’, reporting too that IS militants are conducting excavations to sell antiquities on the black market as well as destroying the site.

Further damage to Syria’s World Heritage – دمشق

On August 30 the DGAM reported that a mortar round impacted the Damascus citadel.

تحديثات على النهب
Da’esh’s looting tax increasing?

According to an undercover reporter for CBS, not only are Da’esh charging a 20% tax for all items looted in areas they control, but if the looters use heavy machinery (bulldozers etc) rented to them by Da’esh, they charge a 40-50% tax on everything found. The article also details prices for looted artefacts and offers insight into the way the illegal trade works. قراءة المقال كاملا هنا, and the comments by Fincham in his blog.

What do looted antiquities really contribute to Da’esh’s revenue?

Christian Science Monitor have written an interesting article looking at what antiquities smuggling really offers to Da’esh in terms of funding, compared to their other sources of revenue. They argue here that antiquities are coming to play an increasingly important role as a finance stream while others are diminishing, a statement debated by others.

FBI on alert for smuggled Syrian antiquities

On August 26 2015 the FBI put out an alert about Near Eastern antiquities, saying that “we now have credible reports that U.S. persons have been offered cultural property that appears to have been removed from Syria and Iraq recently.” The statement is available هنا.

التراث غير المادي
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Reports and Updates from the Syrian People
Khalad Al Assad awarded honours

On September 3 2015 ال Syrian government announced that it had awarded Khaled al-Assad the Syrian Order of Merit. Al Assad was executed by Da’esh, apparently for his refusal to lead them to Palmyra’s antiquities.

Syrians save more than 11,000 كتب

A group of brave Syrians are attempting to build a library to preserve books taken from destroyed houses, some of which were still burning when the courageous students rescued the private libraries. أكثر من 11,000 books have been saved. The volunteers take turns to work as librarians and have created a check out system to keep track of borrowed books. They also wrote the original owner’s name inside each book, in the hope of restoring them to them after the war. قراءة المقال كاملا هنا.

Syrians erect statue of Palmyrene Queen

“In defiance to the destruction and havoc being wrecked in Palmyra, an imposing statute of Queen Zenobia, the 3rd century queen of Palmyra, has been erected in Damascus at Umayyad Square where it will be on display for the next four days.” قراءة المقال كاملا هنا.

Syrians protest against Da’esh

On August 26, at the Damascus Museum, Syrians held a protest against the actions of Da’esh at Palmyra. The DGAM report is available هنا.

التغييرات السياسة والتحديثات من سوريا
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آخر الدولية
Turks collude with Da’esh?

Actions of the worst kind … Reports have surfaced about collusion between Turkish officials and Da’esh, according to several sources – see this report in the Guardian, and this one in Business Insider.

Archaeologists offer tribute to the loss of Syria’s heritage

On September 4 2015, the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA) blog published a memoriam for the destruction in Syria and Iraq. Tributes can be read هنا, and any archaeologist / heritage professional is welcome to contribute.

Will scanning heritage save it?

CNN looks at 3D camera technology, and its use in preserving cultural heritage, متاح هنا.

UN officials reaffirm importance of Syria’s heritage

On September 7 2015 UN officials reaffirmed that protecting Syrian and Iraqi cultural heritage is essential for any future peace, متاح هنا.

National Museum in Beirut helps save heritage

The National Museum in Beirut is helpign to save not only Syria’s heritage, but the heritage of the region. Having already been through a traumatic civil war, they offer advice to protect heritage based on pervious experience, and are working to stop the illegal trade in antiquities. Read the full article in Qantara.de هنا.

Archaeologists protest death of Khalad al-Assad

Archaeologists working at Pisidia have protested the murder of Khaled al-Assad, reports Hurriet Daily News في أيلول 1 2015.

The Society for Iranian Archaeology has released a statement about the murder of Khaled al-Assad. Part of the statement reads: “His life-long dedication to Palmyra, even in the face of death during his final moments, is a prime example of an archaeologist’s courage and loyalty to the stewardship of cultural heritage for future generations. Without a doubt, Khaled Al-Asa’ad will be remembered as representing not only stewardship of Syrian culture and history but also world heritage”.

Free photo archives

ال Manar al-Athar open-access photo-archive (based at the University of Oxford) offers “high resolution, searchable images, freely-downloadable for teaching, research, heritage projects, and publication.” All images are freely availble for use.

The photo archive of the Syrian-Norwegian research project Palmyrena: City, Hinterland and Caravan Trade between Orient and Occident is also available online هنا.

Awareness raising day held in Chile

A “Syrian Tourism Day” was organised by the Syrian Club in Chile to draw awareness to the destruction of Syria’s heritage. Read more هنا.

أخبار التحديثات
(غير المشمولة في أقسام أخرى)
Looting and destruction of Syria’s heritage in the news

  • In what is (IMO) the best of all the articles on Da’esh and site destruction, Mark Hay considers what can be done to stop ISIS on September 1 2015, متاح هنا.
  • Also well worth reading, archaeologist Bill Caraher reflects on recent events in his blog on September 10 2015, and makes an excellent argument for putting people at the heart of archaeology and current events.
  • In a lovely article, well worth reading, Nature pays tribute to scholars in Syria, calling them heroes, على أغسطس 25 2015, متاح هنا.
  • Dr Jachec-Neale, writing for the policy think tank Chatham House, offers suggestions for how to stop the destruction of cultural treasures, available here.
  • The CBC is running a series on its program “Ideas” called “Who Owns Ancient Art”? Part One here: destruction ‘from Parthenon to Palmyra’, in which Matthew Bogdanos, Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, and assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, and a lead on heritage protection, discusses opposing views with Jonathan Tokeley-Parry, antiquities restorer and former smuggler of ancient Egyptian artifacts.
  • Joris Kila writes for ARCA on heritage destruction and iconoclasm, هنا.
  • Joanne Farchakh tells Robert Fisk, in the Independent, that she thinks Da’esh are destroying sites to cover up the evidence of their looting. The article also examines the group’s manipulation of history.
  • The Guardian details the damage to Syria’s heritage, particularly Palmyra, and some of the work to save it, highlighting the work of the DGAM’s director, في 24 أغسطس.
  • A number of people have discussed the significance of Palmyra and why ISIS presumably targeted it (and other sites), including Michael Danti (ASOR) for NPR, نيوزويك, الجارديان, Christian Science Monitor, the BBC, CNN, and Richard Dawkins slammed Da’esh as ‘ignorant vandals’ in the Huffington Post.
  • The Washington Post considers ‘What Palmyra looked like in the 1800s’, متاح هنا.
  • A little vignette on the effects of the destruction of Palmyra in Australia, في ABC.
  • On September 3 2015 The Guardian examines cultural destruction in its wider context ‘from Parthenon to Palmyra’, متاح هنا.
  • Several papers have discussed the wide array of site damage seen in the Middle East, بما في ذلك International Business Times, ناشيونال جيوغرافيك, and the Washington Post.
  • David Fincham on August 28 2015 argues that Syria needs Da’esh destroying, availabe هنا.
  • Another article about Da’esh’s cultural and human atrocities, but suggesting that ultimately, it’s the stones we should intervene to save, متاح هنا.
  • Franklin Lamb in Counterpunch on August 26 2015 argues that the damage to heritage in Syria constitutes a war crime.
  • Similarly, The New York Times on August 25 2015 examines ‘The Crimes of Palmyra’.

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