The Archaeological Site of Palmyra Before and after the War in Syria
In the article there is example of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the article examines the problems of loss and preservation of the world historical, cultural, archaeological and architectural heritage in the context of modern local military conflicts. During the periods of Antiquity and the mi...
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2021-06-01
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| description | In the article there is example of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the article examines the problems of loss and preservation of the world historical, cultural, archaeological and architectural heritage in the context of modern local military conflicts. During the periods of Antiquity and the middle Ages, a complex of monuments, unique in composition and size, was formed here, combining ancient Eastern, Roman, Byzantine and Arab elements. During the ongoing acute armed conflict in Syria, because of the purposeful actions of religious terrorist-extremist organizations, defined by the author as an "international historian of cultural terrorism", he suffered catastrophic damage. An analysis of the scale of this damage, as well as the effectiveness of the efforts of the Syrian authorities, international organizations and the world community, shows that the preservation and restoration of Palmyra's heritage is possible because of painstaking, complex, joint work of all interested parties. Thus, the example of Palmyra showed the military conflicts in the Middle East, along with the actual destruction of entire states, the death of a huge number of people, the economic crisis, millions of refugees, was an attack on the heritage of ancient civilizations, which caused unprecedented loss of world cultural heritage in modern history. Now the world community faces a long and comprehensive joint effort to determine the damage, restore, and prevent further destruction and looting of the cultural heritage of Palmyra and Syria. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5bd6a6ce9ef041908a9f729da2297c2c2023-06-17T19:10:04ZengState institution «Tatarstan Аcademy of Sciences»Археология евразийских степей2587-61122618-94882021-06-01329830610.24852/2587-6112.2021.3.298.306The Archaeological Site of Palmyra Before and after the War in SyriaAlAsaad Shaza0Damascus University. Damascus, 30621, Syrian Arab RepublicIn the article there is example of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, the article examines the problems of loss and preservation of the world historical, cultural, archaeological and architectural heritage in the context of modern local military conflicts. During the periods of Antiquity and the middle Ages, a complex of monuments, unique in composition and size, was formed here, combining ancient Eastern, Roman, Byzantine and Arab elements. During the ongoing acute armed conflict in Syria, because of the purposeful actions of religious terrorist-extremist organizations, defined by the author as an "international historian of cultural terrorism", he suffered catastrophic damage. An analysis of the scale of this damage, as well as the effectiveness of the efforts of the Syrian authorities, international organizations and the world community, shows that the preservation and restoration of Palmyra's heritage is possible because of painstaking, complex, joint work of all interested parties. Thus, the example of Palmyra showed the military conflicts in the Middle East, along with the actual destruction of entire states, the death of a huge number of people, the economic crisis, millions of refugees, was an attack on the heritage of ancient civilizations, which caused unprecedented loss of world cultural heritage in modern history. Now the world community faces a long and comprehensive joint effort to determine the damage, restore, and prevent further destruction and looting of the cultural heritage of Palmyra and Syria.https://www.evrazstep.ru/index.php/aes/article/view/456historical and archaeological heritagepalmyramonumentsthe war in syriaterrorismunesco |
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| title | The Archaeological Site of Palmyra Before and after the War in Syria |
| title_full | The Archaeological Site of Palmyra Before and after the War in Syria |
| title_fullStr | The Archaeological Site of Palmyra Before and after the War in Syria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Archaeological Site of Palmyra Before and after the War in Syria |
| title_short | The Archaeological Site of Palmyra Before and after the War in Syria |
| title_sort | archaeological site of palmyra before and after the war in syria |
| topic | historical and archaeological heritage palmyra monuments the war in syria terrorism unesco |
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