Daños al patrimonio de Siria – 14 Febrero 2017

ICOM – Consejo Internacional de Museos – organizó una reunión de trabajo de dos días en febrero para hablar de herramientas prácticas en la identificación de víctimas de la trata el arte y el patrimonio. Thanks to the active participation of a select group of experts from INTERPOL HQ, World Customs Organisation, UNESCO, Francés, Italian and Spanish police forces, NGOs and academia, they were able to clearly identify new areas of development for the ICOM Red List of Cultural Objects at Risk series. Photos of the event are available on Facebook.

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The Authority of Tourism and Protection of Antiquities in al-Jazira Canton has released a report and pictures of restoration work at Tell Beydar, aquí.

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Chechen authorities have decided to rebuild the mosque and the minaret of the Umayyad Mosque of Aleppo, potentially through the controversial Kadyrov Foundation, according to GeoPolmonitor aquí.

“The Russian Ministry of Culture is preparing an agreement with Hermitage Museum and other cultural institutes to reconstruct monuments damaged by terrorism in Syria, el director del Museo del Hermitage de Rusia en San Petersburgo Mikhail Piotrovsky dice. […] Piotrovsky afirmó que la recuperación de las antigüedades robadas por organizaciones terroristas es una "cuestión de honor '. “antigüedades de Palmyra deben ser restaurados” “, Según el Times sirios aquí.

Italia es la restauración de dos bustos del Museo Palmyra que fueron dañados por ISIS. los bustos – un macho y una hembra – llegado a Italia después de un viaje de aventuras a través de fronteras y puntos de control, gracias a un acuerdo entre Italia de “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. The busts were on display at an exhibition at the Colosseum titled “Reborn from Destruction: Oportunidad, Nimrud, Palmyra” and are now in the hands of the High Institute for Conservation and Restoration (ISCR), which will return them to Syria at the end of the month. Read more in ANSA aquí.

IKEA has announced plans to sell rugs made by Syrian refugees, according to the Independent aquí.

Road to Damascus: Australian artist Luke Cornish unveiled Syria-inspired exhibition for SBS News aquí.

• Ross Burns writes for the IRIS, explaining why cultural heritage monuments in Palmyra and Aleppo have been used as weapons of war aquí.
• The High Commission for UNHCR, United Nations Refugee Agency, visited Aleppo, and reported back aquí.
• Article featuring Aleppo Souq by the Aleppo Project, aquí.
• Reactions to the controversial Damascus colloquium in December are featured in the Yale News aquí.
• CNBC reports on the challenge of stopping the illegal looting and trafficking of objects from Syrian sites aquí.
• Syria exhibit tells a rich multicultural history of hope and resilience – The Ismaeli reports on the Syria: a Living History exhibition, aquí.