The theft of the past. The Italian archeology and cultural heritage of the Near East in wartime

Iraq and Syria, two countries once the cradle of civilization ', two regions today torn by wars and fratricidal struggles. The humanitarian tragedy, definitely more 'serious than anything else, and' flanked by other serious emergency: the threat to the historical monuments. The cancellation of the past and 'often was also a programmatic choice against an element, the story, which can' unite a people, reinforcing the identity '. More 'than a decade, also, whole archaeological sites in the Near East are devastated by illegal excavations - now organized - for the antique market, today being the illegal antiquities' a major source of income for terrorist groups. The meeting The theft of the past, organized by the Research Centre and Archaeological Excavations in Turin - a body active in the Middle and Near East for over fifty years - will face 'different aspects of this sensitive subject by presenting to the public the current situation of the assets in these countries . Archaeologists and specialists in the field of protection, from different Universities' and Italian institutions, with images illustrate some of the major excavation projects in progress between Iraq and Syria. The final part of the event will be 'organized as a' round table 'between archaeologists, with the possibility' for the public to attend and ask questions to the speakers.

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