Six years after the Syria’s national museum’s closure due to the civil war, which has engulfed the country and lead many to seek refuge elsewhere, the internationally acclaimed museum partially opens its doors to visitors once more. The museum, located in Damascus, was initially closed in 2012 only to be reopened on Sunday. For years, visitors only had access to the museum’s iconic gardens; the building itself was closed out of safety precautions. Many of the museum’s artifacts were also evacuated and hidden in secret locations in a big to protect them from damage. “We will exhibit a group of artefacts from all periods from prehistory, the ancient east and the classical and Islamic eras in this section,” Ahmad Deeb, the museum’s deputy director, told the media as per the BBC. According to Deeb, the museum’s authorities are aiming to open the museum in its entirety. The opening was attended by visitors as well as important figures, one of which being Mohamed Al-Ahmad, Culture Minister, who had stated that the reopening of the museum relayed the messaged that Syria’s rich cultural legacy had not been destroyed by ”terrorism” as per Associated…
