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Location of Hama in the map of Syria

Location of Hama in the map of Syria

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This paper discusses the evolution of the con¬servation profession in Syria and the current development of the discipline as viewed by conservation professionals and academics involved in conservation practice and train¬ing of Syrian museum professionals. This evolution can be seen as a reflection of the maturing national identity of the peoples in...

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... Pendergast states, "the forces behind the increase in looting are several, but at their core lie the same economic factors that are the engine of site destruction worldwide. (…) Looting is in every instance a response to the skyrocketing demand for antiquities by moneyed consumers in the developed world" (Pendergast 1991, 90). the conservAtion of culturAl heritAge As A fActor in economic development And nAtionAl sovereignty: cAse studies of hellenic conservAtion progrAms in hAmA (syriA) ...
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... this education schema, Greece has contributed with two Conservation/ Training programs to the establishment of two conservation laboratories at the Archaeological Museum of Hama in central Syria (Figure1), where conservation practice and training took place from 2007 to 2010. The Greek experience on training issues and the difficulties involved in the transition from the state of non-existing conservation to up-to-date standards in the field is based on the recent history of archaeological conservation as an academic field in Greece itself. ...

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