Category Archives: Syria’s cultural heritage
Funereal Sculptures Confiscated in Palmyra and an Exhibition calling for the protection of Syria’s cultural heritge
Archeological Sculptures confiscated in Palmyra مصادرة مجموعة قطع أثرية في تدمر On 12/06/2014, the Directorate of Antiquities in Palmyra had received from the concerned authorities in Palmyra, ten funerary reliefs dating back to the second and third centuries. .The … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and aerticles, Directorate General of Syrian Museums and Antiquities, Illegal excavations, Palmyra, Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian Heritage, Trafficking in antiquities, Vandalization, War damage to heritage
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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
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The story of Father Paolo and the picturesque Deir Mar Mousa
DEIR MAR MOUSA – THE STORY OF FATHER PAOLO DALL’OGLIO AND THE PICTURESQUE DEIR MAR MOUSA By Alisar Iram By Alisar Iram / in My Take / tags Kidnapping, Religion, Revolution, Syria, Terrorism, War What has prompted me to revise this article and try to publish … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Appeal, Deir Mar Musa, Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, ISIS, Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian people, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution
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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
Posted in Aleppo, Alisar's notes and articles, Annihilation, Concrete, Concrete rubble, Destruction, Homs, Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution
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Is this World War 2? No it is Homs as Assad has re-designed it
The great architect, the inimitable designer and planner of cities, the unique demolisher, the superb wrecker, Assad of Syria has created a masterpiece of ruins Hiroshima cannot vie with. This heap of broken images, this wasteland, this NOTHING, this primordial … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar's notes and aerticles, Annihilation, Crime against humanity, Destruction, Destruction of cities and habitats, Homs, Images, Syria, Syria war crimes'evidence, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian Heritage, Syrian regime, Syrian Revolution, Testimony, Violence, War crimes
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The pottery of ancient Tell Halaf, in Syria, and my ceramics
The love affair between me and the ancient pottery of Tell Halaf started when a friend of mine, a fellow potter and a university lecturer lent me some of his books about ancient Mesopotamia and the history of archaeological excavations there. … Continue reading
Posted in Alisar Iram's art, Alisar Iram's pottery and ceramics, Alisar Iram: articles and notes, Archaeology, Ceramics, Civilization, Cradle of Civilization, Images, Pottery, Starvation and malnutrition in Syria, Syria's cultural heritage, Syrian ceramics, Tell Halaf, Tell Halaf pottery, The Neolethic
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