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Ayham al-Fakhri
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Focus Raqqa
Inventory of Museum Collections and Reconstruction of Missing Tablets
Book chapter
(2023)
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Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, Khaled Hiatlih, Rasha Hakki, Ayham al-Fakhri, Jouke Verlinden, Karsten Lambers, Katrina Burg-Joosten, Hubert Mara, Dominique Ngan-Tillard
The National Museum of Raqqa in Syria has suffered immensely from the ongoing violence since 2011. Much of its valuable collection of movable archaeological heritage (ca. 6000 items) is considered lost. Starting from 500 of the most precious objects of the museum stored in the Raqqa Central Bank and stolen from there in 2013, the pilot project Focus Raqqa created a concrete, workable database to enable identification by Syrian and international police and heritage institutions. The project made a pivotal first step towards potential reconstruction of the Raqqa Museum in the future. The Raqqa museum collection included cuneiform tablets. Some of the tablets were cast before the war to allow detailed study in Europe. Today the tablets have vanished. The pilot project Scanning for Syria safeguarded information from the lost artefacts by making high-resolution three-dimensional scans of the silicone rubber moulds and subsequently physical replicas of the original objects by 3D printing. The short life expectancy (30 years) of the moulds necessitated measures for long-
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term preservation. The Scanning for Syria team not only succeeded at the preservation and sharing of knowledge in the academic circle. It also told the story of Syrian culture and its people to everyone for raising more voices in the united effort to keep cultural heritage safe in a zone of conflict. ...
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term preservation. The Scanning for Syria team not only succeeded at the preservation and sharing of knowledge in the academic circle. It also told the story of Syrian culture and its people to everyone for raising more voices in the united effort to keep cultural heritage safe in a zone of conflict. ...
The National Museum of Raqqa in Syria has suffered immensely from the ongoing violence since 2011. Much of its valuable collection of movable archaeological heritage (ca. 6000 items) is considered lost. Starting from 500 of the most precious objects of the museum stored in the Raqqa Central Bank and stolen from there in 2013, the pilot project Focus Raqqa created a concrete, workable database to enable identification by Syrian and international police and heritage institutions. The project made a pivotal first step towards potential reconstruction of the Raqqa Museum in the future. The Raqqa museum collection included cuneiform tablets. Some of the tablets were cast before the war to allow detailed study in Europe. Today the tablets have vanished. The pilot project Scanning for Syria safeguarded information from the lost artefacts by making high-resolution three-dimensional scans of the silicone rubber moulds and subsequently physical replicas of the original objects by 3D printing. The short life expectancy (30 years) of the moulds necessitated measures for long-
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term preservation. The Scanning for Syria team not only succeeded at the preservation and sharing of knowledge in the academic circle. It also told the story of Syrian culture and its people to everyone for raising more voices in the united effort to keep cultural heritage safe in a zone of conflict.
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term preservation. The Scanning for Syria team not only succeeded at the preservation and sharing of knowledge in the academic circle. It also told the story of Syrian culture and its people to everyone for raising more voices in the united effort to keep cultural heritage safe in a zone of conflict.
Abstract
(2019)
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Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, Khaled Hiatlih, Rasha Hakki, Ayham al-Fakhri, Dominique Ngan-Tillard, Jouke Verlinden, Karsten Lambers, Katarina Buch, Hubert Mara
Focus Raqqa
Schutz für das archäologische Erbe des Museums von ar-Raqqa
Journal article
(2019)
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Olivier Nieuwenhuyse, Khaled Hiatlih, Ayham al-Fakhri, Rasha Haqi, Dominique Ngan-Tillard, Hubert Mara, Katrina Burg-Joosten
Die nordsyrische Provinzhauptstadt ar-Raqqa ist in den letzten Jahren tragischerweise als «Hauptstadt des Bösen» bekannt geworden. Dabei blickt ar-Raqqa auf eine lange, beeindruckende Kulturgeschichte zurück, die bis in die Jungsteinzeit zurückreicht. Leider hat der unerbittliche Krieg in Syrien ar-Raqqa und sein archäologisches Erbe nicht unberührt gelassen. Im März 2016 begann eine Initiative, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, das Wissen, für das diese Sammlung steht, und das kulturelle Erbe, das sie für die Völker Syriens darstellt,so weit wie möglich zu schützen.
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Die nordsyrische Provinzhauptstadt ar-Raqqa ist in den letzten Jahren tragischerweise als «Hauptstadt des Bösen» bekannt geworden. Dabei blickt ar-Raqqa auf eine lange, beeindruckende Kulturgeschichte zurück, die bis in die Jungsteinzeit zurückreicht. Leider hat der unerbittliche Krieg in Syrien ar-Raqqa und sein archäologisches Erbe nicht unberührt gelassen. Im März 2016 begann eine Initiative, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt hat, das Wissen, für das diese Sammlung steht, und das kulturelle Erbe, das sie für die Völker Syriens darstellt,so weit wie möglich zu schützen.