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The activities of the third day of the International Forum for the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, which is being held in Kazan, Russia, with the participation of the Syrian delegation headed by the Minister of Culture, Dr. Labana Mashouh, and representatives of the Silk Road countries focused on discussing the importance of the Silk Road and the ancient city of Palmyra.
During her speech, Minister Mashouh pointed out that Palmyra played a pivotal role during the first centuries AD on the silk and incense roads, so it flourished, built huge monuments, and became the focus of everyone's attention and ambition. This honorable history, which constitutes one of the most important components of the Syrian cultural identity, is what the enemies of civilization wanted to destroy.
Mashouh pointed out that the Arc de Triomphe is one of the symbols of Syria, and that rebuilding and restoring it in a way that suits it is a great responsibility, which calls for a lot of research and study in the best international curricula and methods used in similar cases.
In turn, the director of the excavations, Dr. Hammam Saad, dealt with the history of archaeological research on the Arc de Triomphe, and presented the Syrian experience in restoring archaeological sites and buildings over more than seventy years.
As for the Director General of Antiquities and Museums, Nazeer Awad, he presented the projects implemented in Palmyra in cooperation with several governmental and foreign agencies, reviewing the work of documenting damages and preparing for the next stage.
The experts participating in the axis on ancient Palmyra also reviewed the ancient history of Palmyra, its cultural, symbolic and value importance, the creativity of the Palmyrene in managing irrigation and watering methods, the destruction caused by terrorism, the documentation and restoration work in the Palmyra Museum, and the methods and methods that can be followed in rebuilding the Triumphal Arch.
The experts agreed on the need to adopt accurate and global standards in the process of reconstruction, and decided to hold a meeting in Damascus to follow up the research on methodologies and methods to reach the best options in the second phase of the project to rebuild the Arc de Triomphe with the Russian Scientific Academy.
The activities of the International Forum for the Convention (Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage) started the day before yesterday in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, with the participation of Syria, and it will continue until the ninth of this month, and includes seven conferences and a youth model for the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, in the presence of representatives of 56 countries.
The 1972 Convention on the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is one of the most effective and widely recognized international activities developed under the auspices of UNESCO.
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