An exhibition of restored Syrian antiquities opens at the National Museum in Prague

Prague (ST): An exhibition on Syrian antiquities was opened in the historical building of the Czech National Museum in Prague.

The antiquities on display are those that underwent restoration in the museum after they were brought from Syria last summer, according to an agreement in this regard between the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums and the National Museum in Prague.

The opening of the exhibition, titled “The Renewed Face,” was attended by the Deputy Director General of Antiquities and Museums, Dr. Hammam Saad, Chargé d’Affairs at the Syrian Embassy in Prague, Amira Qarwani, members of the embassy, Director of the National Museum in Prague, Michal Lukesh, and Czech and foreign journalists.

In a statement to news reporter in Prague, the director of the museum, Lukesh, confirmed that this exhibition, which is the first of its kind in the Czech Republic, displays the Syrian antiquities in their original form, and is of great importance to the country and the museum, indicating that it is not the only joint work that is being carried out between the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums and the Prague Museum where special materials are sent to Syria to preserve and restore Syrian antiquities, while there has been a Czech mission to excavate antiquities since 2018 at the site of Tal al-Shamia in Lattakia Governorate.

Lukesh indicated that cooperation between the two sides will continue and that other Syrian artifacts may be brought in for restoration in Prague.

The Prague Museum had received twenty artifacts from the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, most of them from the Bronze Age from the period 2500-1500 BC. Among the rare things that were restored were bronze statues and a bronze needle from Ugarit, and three inscriptions of a stone cemetery from Palmyra.

K.Q.