ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT CYRRHUS NEBI HOURI
(ALEPPO/SYRIA)
Our News
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06Jun 2012Cyrrhus at the Regional Seminar on the Protection of the Cultural Heritage, held in Beirut the 6,7 and 8 of June 2012
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01May 2012The Restoration of the Roman House will be presented at ICAANE 2012 by Jeanine Abdul Massih the 1st of May.
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24Apr 2012It is with great sorrow that we mourn the loss of our greatest friend the incredible caring Dr. ANTOINE SOULEIMAN archaeologist, scientist, and researcher. We owe him a lot.
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03Jan 2011In 2011 two campaigns of excavations were conducted on the site of Cyrrhus: the first one in June and the Second in October
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The Roman House
Discovered in 2008, following a looting, the house had many mosaic floors with geometric patterns, only two fragments of mosaics panels remained on site. The beautiful figurative panel of mosaic is exposed today in the museum of Aleppo. On the walls of some rooms remains of wall paintings were found and restored. The house dates from the late second - early third century. In 2010, the exterior walls of the house have been rebuilt to preserve an open space illustrating the various phases of excavations and occupations of a Roman house with its decorative feature.
FUNDED BY THE WORLD MONUMENTS FUND - WILSON FOUNDATION
This project of restoration was undertaken in 2010.
