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HERITAGE AMID WAR

Syria on the trail of its looted treasures

The Damascus Museum, with pieces in its vast collection dating back over 10,000 years, has finally reopened its doors, closed on Dec. 7, 2024 for fear of looting.

Syria on the trail of its looted treasures

A number of structures in the Palmyra necropolis pulverized. (Credit: AFP)

Compounding countless human losses, the war in Syria has also devastated its heritage. Entire sections of humanity's millennia-old past have been wiped out. According to satellite images transmitted by the United Nations, at least three hundred...
Compounding countless human losses, the war in Syria has also devastated its heritage. Entire sections of humanity's millennia-old past have been wiped out. According to satellite images transmitted by the United Nations, at least three hundred...