Scars of War Linger on Syria's Saint Simeon Monastery
Archaeologists said 30% to 40% of the UNESCO site has been damaged by war, looting, illegal excavations, an airstrike and an earthquake.
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France24Scars of war linger on Syria's Saint Simeon monastery
AFP accompanied a French archaeological delegation to inspect the site after more than a decade of conflict and assess what could be restored. The fifth-century monastery and its church are, alongside hundreds of abandoned ancient villages in northern Syria known as the "dead" or "forgotten cities", a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Holding her camera and notebook, archaeologist Micheline Kurdi walked through the ruins to document the site's state a…
The monastery houses one of the oldest churches in Christendom.
A French team of archaeologists visited this abandoned Byzantine site registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site to assess the damage caused by thirteen years of war and define the interventions to be carried out as a priority for its preservation.
For the first time since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, archaeologists have been able to tread the ground of the famous Byzantine site of northern Syria. Between the two... Read more The monastery of Saint-Siméon heals its wounds after thirteen years of war in Syria appeared first on Le Singulier.
A team of the AFP went on Saturday with a French archaeological delegation to this site, which remained inaccessible during the conflict (2011-2024), for a first inspection. The sanctuary located in the province of Aleppo made a...
Scars of war linger on Syria’s Saint Simeon monastery
Dayr Sim’ān – Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations. AFP accompanied a French archaeological delegation to inspect the site after more than a decade of conflict and assess what could be restored. The fifth-century monastery and its church are, alongside hundreds…
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