Re-collecting Sherds: Rescue Activities of Archaeological Materials from Tell Afis, Syria

In September 2021 a small group of archaeologists, members of the University of Florence excavations at Tell Afis, made return to Syria and took part into an expedition concerning not the site itself, out of reach due to the political crisis in the country since 2011, but materials from the site kep...

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Main Author: Candida Felli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2024-02-01
Series:Asia Anteriore Antica
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Online Access:https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/asiana/article/view/2101
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Summary:In September 2021 a small group of archaeologists, members of the University of Florence excavations at Tell Afis, made return to Syria and took part into an expedition concerning not the site itself, out of reach due to the political crisis in the country since 2011, but materials from the site kept in the expedition house written at Saraqib. This article is an account of that return and of the following ones in 2022 written with the aim to keep attention on Syria, its important past and its critical present.
ISSN:2611-8912