Piotrovsky: Syrian and Russian scholars will present a proposal to UNESCO on the restoration of the monuments of Palmyra

Moscow-Petersburg-SANA

The Director General of the Russian Hermitage Museum, Mikhail Piotrovsky, announced that scientists from Russia and Syria are closely dealing with the issue of preserving archaeological sites in Palmyra, and they will send a proposal to UNESCO to form a scientific committee to restore and revive this cultural heritage site in Palmyra.

During an open international discussion organized by the National Hermitage Museum in cooperation with the Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences today in Petersburg on the topic “Problems of preserving the UNESCO World Heritage Site and the monuments of Palmyra,” Piotrowski said: “We will ask UNESCO to establish a scientific committee for restoration and reconstruction. The revival of Palmyra and this is one of the traditions of the organization.

Piotrovsky added, “The recommendations that these discussions will reach will indicate the need to use the long years of UNESCO experience in all works related to Palmyra and to coordinate all these works with the Syrian government and the Syrian public opinion and with the wider use of the new generation of technical capabilities so that all measures related to restoration and reconstruction are carried out. Initially, on computer-built models. ”

Piotrovsky pointed out that, based on the proposal of the Deputy Director of the Institute of History and Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Natalia Solovieva, the final document will also include a proposal to create a global system to monitor the state of monuments using detailed images and create three-dimensional models of cultural monuments similar to a three-dimensional model of Palmyra.

Before the Syrian Arab Army regained control over the city of Palmyra on July 3, 2017, the ancient city was subjected to a series of attacks committed by “ISIS” terrorists, as they destroyed the statue of the Lion of Al-Lat, the Arc de Triomphe, a temple, and even eight statues found in the cemeteries of Palmyra and many others and turned the Tadmor National Museum into a prison The so-called Sharia court and they committed the murder of the archaeologist and son of Palmyra Khaled Al-Asaad, which was condemned by the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization "UNESCO".