| Italy restores Palmyrene busts
Italie restaure deux bustes du musée de Palmyre qui ont été endommagés par ISIS. Les bustes – un mâle et une femelle – atteint l'Italie après un voyage d'aventure à travers les frontières et les points de contrôle, grâce à un accord entre l'Italie “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: Chance, 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 ici. |
