Italy restores Palmyrene busts
Italy is restoring two busts from the Palmyra Museum that were damaged by ISIS. The busts – a male and a female – reached Italy after an adventurous journey across borders and checkpoints, thanks to an agreement between Italy’s “Incontro di Civiltà” (Meeting of Civilisations) Association and the Directorate for Antiquities in Damascus. The male bust has damage to the face due to hammer blows inflicted upon it by ISIS, but restorers are preparing a sophisticated 3D print with sintering of nylon powders that will give it back its delicate aristocratic features. The female bust has been restored fragment by fragment, with a veil that covers the head and jewels that hold a cape on the shoulder. كانت تماثيل نصفية على عرضها في معرض في الكولوسيوم بعنوان “تولد من جديد من تدمير: فرصة, نمرود, تدمر” ونحن الآن في أيدي من المعهد العالي للصيانة وترميم (مجلس النواب), والتي سوف إعادتها إلى سوريا في نهاية الشهر. اقرأ المزيد في (انسا) هنا. |