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Syrian restorers will go on an internship at the Hermitage, RIA Novosti reports. According to Svetlana Adaskina, the custodian of the largest Russian museum, it is ready to receive specialists from Syria.
She recalls that the militants operating in the country caused enormous damage to ancient Palmyra, destroyed many world heritage sites. Russian and Syrian specialists are engaged in the restoration.
Svetlana Adaskina explained that the greatest difficulty is work with stone. There are more than 150 highly qualified restorers in the Hermitage, about fifteen laboratories. She assured that all specialists are ready to share their experience.
While work on the restoration of the historical center of the Syrian Palmyra is not underway. Perhaps some objects can be transferred to areas where it is safer. Then it will be possible to begin the restoration work.
As Russkiy Mir reported, the Hermitage Director Mikhail Piotrovsky, proposed the creation of a special commission to coordinate restoration work. He believes that archaeologists who study the liberated Palmyra can be members of this commission and the Ministry of Culture may act as the founders of the commission.
In addition, Syria was given a 3D model of the ancient city, created after the expedition to Syria of specialists from the Hermitage and the Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Russkiy Mir
