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1996 | 1 | 8-20

Article title

Projekt archeologicznego odrodzenia Babilonu

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Title variants

EN
A Project for an Archeological Revival of Babylon

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PL EN

Abstracts

EN
Mesopotamia is a region which has traditionally attracted the attention of eminent archeologists (e.g. Robert Koldewey). The appreciation of the significance of this cultural heritage by the Iraqi authorities was expressed in 1958 in the establishment o f the State Organization o f Antiquities and Heritage which initiated its own research and offered foreign scholarships. Cultural heritage became an important factor for constructing cohesive national consciousness, expressed in the 1970s i.a. by embarking upon the realization of conservation programmes in large urban sites such as Assur and Babylon. The article discusses the history o f heretofore excavations and describes the achieved results significant for the world history of town-planning and wider comprehended culture. The promising realization, commenced in 1978, of an unprecedented and ambitious project to be carried out under Dr. Muayed Sa’id Damerji was halted owing to the war. The work itself had not been interrupted but information about its progress remains scarce. Regardless o f the state o f the advancement of the project and differences in its appraisal, further work should not be suspended. In the opinion of the author, centres o f archeology and archeological conservation throughout the world should offer their knowledge and experience to the Iraqi scholars who face numerous problems connected with the local climate, size of the area, historical substance material and, in particular, the struggle against salinity, nowhere solved upon such a scale, as well as the hydrogeology of the region. The Babylonian monuments have not been placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List although this is not to say that the site in question is not a fundamental fragment of this legacy. This fact makes one wonder whether the conservation problems in question should be solved by the local archeologists themselves.

Year

Issue

1

Pages

8-20

Physical description

Dates

published
1996

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References

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
0029-8247

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-5715090b-6d1b-49ef-9097-212393359203
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