An exhibition of Syrian restored antiquities in Czech Republic

Prague,SANA- An exhibition of Syrian antiquities titled “The Renewed Face”  was opened on Thursday evening  in the historical building of the Czech National Museum in Prague.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Deputy Director General of Antiquities and Museums, Dr. Humam Saad, Chargé d’Affairs at the Syrian Embassy in Prague, Amira Qarwani, members of the embassy, the Director of the National Museum in Prague, Michal Lukich, and Czech and foreign journalists.

In a statement to SANA correspondent in Prague, director of the museum, Lukesh, said that the exhibition, which is the first of its kind in the Czech Republic, displays Syrian antiquities in their original form, and has a great importance for the country and the museum.

He underlined  that there has been a Czech mission to excavate antiquities since 2018 at Tal al-Shamiyya site  in Lattakia Governorate.

The Prague Museum had received twenty artifacts from the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums, most of them are from the Bronze Age, from the period 2500-1500 BC.

Among the restored things there were bronze statues, a bronze needle from Ugarit, and three inscriptions of a stone graveyard from Palmyra.

The exhibition will last for one month before the restored pieces will be returned to Syria.

Fedaa al-Rhayiah / Mazen Eyon