Category Archives: Concrete

MEDITATION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF ALEPPO, HOMS AND THE SYRIAN URBAN CENTRES

http://www.thewhy.com/meditation-destruction-aleppo-homs-syrian-urban-centres/ Published in The Why Can life spring out of death, can history be reborn out of its ashes, and can heritage be restored? Can a city reduced to debris and melted concrete rise again? Can archaeology exist without archaeology … Continue reading

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تأملات بشأن ابادة حلب و حمص و التجمعات المدنية السورية

https://alisariram.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/meditation-on-the-destruction-of-aleppo-homs-and-the-syrian-urban-centres/ هل باستطاعة  الحياة أن تبعث من جديد بعد الموت؟ هل يستطيع التاريخ أن يولد مرة اخرى ويتهض من رماده ؟ هل باستطاعةالتراث أن يعاد ترميمه ؟ هل لمدينة حولت إلى حطام و باطون مذاب أن تقوم من جديد؟ هل … Continue reading

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Meditation on the destruction of Aleppo, Homs and the Syrian urban centres

Can life spring out of death, can history be reborn out of its ashes, and can heritage be restored? Can a city reduced to debris and melted concrete rise again? Can archaeology exist without archaeology because it has either been … Continue reading

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Bearing witness: The annihilation of Homs, its Old City,its cultural and religious sites, its history, heritage and earth: Introduction

Can life spring out of death, can history be reborn out of its ashes, can heritage be restored? Can a city reduced to debris and melted concrete rise again? Can archaeology exist without archaeology because it has either been looted, … Continue reading

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