The impact of war and armed conflict on antiquities (Syrian antiquities as a case study)
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https://doi.org/10.67278/sjas.v1i1.43Keywords:
archeological site, Human cultural heritage, Museums, War, Archaeological sitesAbstract
War constitutes the greatest threat to human cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, because it targets the People's heritage (memory, identity, culture, and civilization), due to the crimes of theft and destruction committed therein. The brutality and violence of the war that suddenly broke out in the Arab world, especially in Syria, and lasted for more than 12 years, did not spare anything, and negatively affect both heritage and cultural tourism. Their losses exceeded what the media reported; therefore, the issue of upholding cultural heritage, as the strongest cultural bearer of national identity, protecting and preserving it, and the revival of cultural tourism are a major challenge for international, governmental, private and civil institutions and local and international specialist researchers, and its Civil society.
Syria has sought to develop investments in these antiquities to ensure their sustainability, but with the outbreak of war there, these antiquities targeted. Therefore, this study seeks to identify the impact of the war on Syrian antiquities, especially on museums, and their impact on cultural tourism. To achieve this study, a mixed approach were used by collecting quantitative and qualitative information by monitoring the effects of the war on the antiquities and tourism sectors through reports and publications, and polling the opinions of experts and specialists through questionnaires. It hoped that this study would provide a comprehensive picture of the transformations witnessed by antiquities and cultural tourism in Syria during the war period and its short- and long-term repercussions, and some recommendations on ways to revive and develop cultural tourism.
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