Category Archives: Syrian Archaeology and antiquities
Further damage to Syria’s cultural heritage: Illegal excavations at Ibla and more International efforts to safeguard Syria’s Heritage
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
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Destruction, Ibla, Illegal excavations, Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, UNESCO, Vandalization
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, Damage, destruction, Ibla, Illegal excavations, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, UNESCO, Vandalization
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Krak des Chevaliers: images of the latest damage to a world heritage site and one of the greatest castles in Syria
My method for recording damage to cultural sites in Syria has always been, first, to give a synopsis of the history of the damaged monuments with pictures if available, then to give an account of the damage mostly in pictures … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Archaeology, Civilization, Crusader Castle, Destruction, Images, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian Heritage, World Heritage Site
Tagged Alisar's notes and articles, Civilization, Crusader Castle, destruction, Krak des Chevaliers, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, World heritage site
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Women and the state of the Syrian Revolution at the present
Revolutions are great mass movements carrying within themselves the promise to stop time for a while then perform a jump either to the future, or bend upon themselves to jump backwards and revert to a point in time where dichotomies … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Da'ish, Human Rights of women, Islamists, Nusra Front, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, The role of women, The Syrian Revolution, Women
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Ibla in danger: more damage, illegal excavations and vandalization of the site
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
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Ibla, Illegal excavations, Images, Looting and trafficking in antiquities, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian Heritage
Tagged Alisar Iram: articles, Civilization, history, Ibla, Illegal excavations, Images, Syria, Syrian heritage and antiquities, trafficking in antiquities
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Devastated Old Aleppo revisited in images: Civilization is diminished
All that destroys life and innocence is my enemy. All that unmakes, all that reduces into nothingness or annihilates and obliterates, is my foe and my slayer. All that negates existence or smothers the life forces of man and nature, … Continue reading
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram: art of ruins, Annihilation, Arab Islamic art, Archaeology, architecture, Civilization, Destruction of cities and habitats, Images, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian army, Syrian Heritage, The Great Omayyad Mosque pf Aleppo, The Madina Souk of Aleppo, The minaret of the Great Omayyad Mosque of Aleppo
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Apamea: illegal excavation and looting results in the theft of hundreds of priceless mosaic pieces and floors
Apamea Apamea (Greek: Απάμεια, Apameia; Arabic: آفاميا, Afamia), on the right bank of the Orontes River, was a treasure city and stud-depot of the Seleucid kings, and was the capital of Apamene. (Stephanus of Byzantium s. v.; Strabo xvi. p. 752; Ptolemyv. 15. § 19; Festus Avienus, v. 1083; Anton. Itin.; Hierocles). Its site is found about 55 km (34 mi) … Continue reading
Syria for Sale: in Arabic and English
They are selling Syria for thirty pieces of silver: the chemical weapons. They will get their chemical weapons or the promise of them then wash their hands off the blood of the Syrian people like Pilate, leaving Christ alone … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Chemical weapons, Civilization, Crimes against humanity, Destruction of cities and habitats, Human Rights, Humanity, Humanity and human values, Syria, Syrian Archaeology and antiquities, Syrian Heritage, Syrian people, Syrian regime
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Old Aleppo and its Great Mosque are but memories the butchers of cities left to us?
I have written a lot about the annihilation of the Syrian Cities and the destruction of Syria’s cultural heritage, mainly by the regime’s air borne, Sarin free, weapons of mass destruction: missiles, fighter jets, helicopter gunships and the like. This … Continue reading
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