Training course on restoration of damaged heritage in Syria

Fourteen trainees from several Syrian cities have completed a training course recently held in Homs by the DGAM and the Sharjah-based SAWA Consulting Firm [which works on cultural projects in flashpoint areas].

The 6-day course zeroed in on concepts of reconstruction and restoration of the damaged heritage in order to enable the participants to deal with the damaged historical monuments in Syria and to provide them with skills of restoration based on international standards.

The French archaeologist and architect Jacques Seigne Emeritus in cooperation with Director of Restoration Department Eng. Aiman Hamoukandand Director of Historical Monuments Mr. Nazir Awad conducted the course’s program, according to the website of the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums.

The website quoted the DGAM’s Director General Dr. Maamoun Abdulkarimas saying in the opening session of the course that the initiative aims to support the DGAM’s efforts to protect the Syrian cultural heritage during the terror war being waged on the country.

It pointed out that Jacques Seigne Emeritus, who is specialized in the Roman Times, is the Director of the France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and he is known for his work at the archaeological site of Jerashin Jordan and in Palmyra [Tadmor] in Syria.

Basma Qaddour