3D images of Syrian archaeological treasures go online

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3D reconstructions of some of Syria’s most spectacular archaeological sites went online on March 15 after a big push to digitalize the war-torn country’s threatened heritage.

French digital surveyors have been working with Syrian archaeologists to map some of the country’s most famous monuments after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists sparked international outrage by blowing up two temples in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra last year.

The 8th-century Umayyad Mosque in the capital Damascus, regarded by some as the fourth holiest place in Islam, and the Krak des Chevaliers Crusader castle near the ravaged city of Homs are the two most famous buildings to have been scanned in minute detail.

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