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ROMA - ARHEOLOGIE - RESTAURARE - BUSTURI FUNERARE
Italian art conservationist shows one of the two funerary busts from the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria that were badly damaged by members of the Islamic State group and that have been restored in Rome, Italy on February 16, 2017. Two priceless stone sculptures that were smashed with hammers by Islamic State extremists have been meticulously restored by Italian experts with the help of laser scans and 3D printers. They attached the replacement parts with magnets. The 2nd century AD funerary busts, one of a man, the other of a woman, were vandalised by Isis terrorists after they overran the archeological site and its museum in 2015. When the ancient desert outpost was retaken by Syrian and Russian forces, the artefacts were whisked to safety in Beirut and then to Rome, where for the past two months experts have harnessed Italy’s formidable cultural heritage expertise to repair the damage. Technicians used lasers to scan the shattered faces of the two figures and then sophisticated 3D printers to create resin parts that replaced the bits of stone that were lost during Isis’ rampage. The male figure was particularly badly smashed, with half its face missing. Experts in Rome produced a ‘prosthetic’ for the side of the face that was lost. It is removable, so that if the original stone fragment is ever found, it can be reattached. The prosthetic attaches to the stone bust with the help of six tiny magnets. It is thought the man and woman were from a local family of wealthy merchants. Inscriptions on the busts are in Greek and Aramaic. The restored busts are to be returned to a museum in Damascus at the end of the month of february. PHOTO by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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Rome, Italy |
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Hepta/Mediafax Foto |
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17 Februarie 2017 |
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