Category Archives: Ibla

Further damage to Syria’s cultural heritage: Illegal excavations at Ibla and more International efforts to safeguard Syria’s Heritage

Posted on June 18, 2014 by alisariram

Damage to the site of Ibla in Syria (Tell Mardikh, near Idlib) caused by illegal excavations and vandalization of the site carried out by locals, fighters and agents of organized trafficking in antiquities. The article on the subject and images were published … Continue reading →

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Ibla in danger: more damage, illegal excavations and vandalization of the site

Posted on November 13, 2013 by alisariram

My sources for the following report are the the Syrian General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums (DGAMS) and Le patrimoine archéologique syrien en danger الآثار السورية في خطر Both sources list and record the damage caused to the site by new … Continue reading →

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Looting, vandalization, illegal excavations, army occupation, criminal shelling and bombing: the tragic fate of Syrian antiquities

Posted on April 29, 2013 by alisariram

Looting, vandalization, illegal random excavations in  of archaeological sites, and savage criminal shelling of historic monuments: the tragic fate of Syrian antiquiteis Apamea https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=524272637614408&set=a.205431502831858.49529.203016749740000&type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/Archeologie.syrienne?fref=ts A faceb00kian commented: according to google earth images, the time between the relatively untouched site and the … Continue reading →

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