The Paris -based International Council of Museum (ICOM) issued a strong warning after the first bomb attacks: there was a “growing threat” for museums and their employees in Israel and Iran.
Professionary Association, including 8,000 museum professionals worldwide, including Israel and Iran’s German National Committee Chairman, Felicia Sternfeld told Deutush Vale, “However, we cannot do more than informal and warning.”
Did this appeal affect? The news of the news on the ground is thin, especially with only rare information from Iran, as it rarely allows any foreign journalist to enter and severely restrict press freedom. However, one thing seems certain: In the beginning of the Israeli-Iran struggle, contingency plans became active in both countries. As far as possible, experts worked to secure, remove and move cultural property. It is not currently clear whether there is any damage despite all the warnings.
National Museum vacated in Tehran
Iran has a rich cultural heritage. It consisted of 28 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and about 840 museums, out of which 300 are under the administration of the Ministry of Culture. Judith Thomsky, head of the Tehran branch of the German Archaeological Institute, said, “Iran has a well -organized and professional heritage authority.”
Thomsky’s office has been working since Berlin Sion 2023, when thousands of Iranians withdrew employees from the German institute as a precaution by the Mulla rule and the German federal Foreign Office. The institute itself continues its work in the German Embassy premises in Tehran with local employees, and Thomsky maintains as much contact as possible with its Iranian network.
Barbara Helling, director of the ancient East Museum in Berlin, is a specialist from Iran, from 2000 to 2014, Thomsky’s expert. She told the German regional broadcaster RBB that she was recently in touch with her colleagues at the National Museum; Radio has ever been silence as the Iranian regime shut down the Internet.
Helwing said, “We know that the museum and two big buildings are near, which has been emphasized with the Forbin Ministry,” he said that he has seen photos showing the cases of vacant demonstrations.
Sandbags prescription important performance
The Iranian National Museum is not only the oldest, but the most important museum in Iran. Each includes two buildings with three halls, it makes more than 300,000 archaeological discovery from pre-Islamic [before 7th century CE: Eds.] And Islamic time, including stone, ceramic, glass and many objects made of metals.
“In Iran, the relationship with cultural heritage is very close,” Helving said. The cultural identity of the country is based on a long history and awareness that originated in the first real -world Empire in history, the ancient Parselic Empire (about 550 to 330 BCE), in Iran. According to Helving, all the portable museum items were hasty to the basement.
Non-foundable artifacts, mainly stone objects, were covered with sandbags to protect them from strikes and flying debris. Unlike Israel, there are no bunkers in Iran – neither for people nor valuable art treasures.
Protecting archaeological sites that are often located in the open area have proved to be far more difficult: “You can’t really protect the Thama,” Helving said, “You can only hope that far away from possible goals.”
Is the famous Taq-E Bostan Rock Relight in Danger?
English language Tehran TimesTaq-e Bostan, from the era of the Sasanian dynasty (224–651 CE), faces special threat to the archaeological complex from the era of one-one-one-one-one-one-monumental rock relief. The newspaper said that the Israeli Air Force is two kilometers from the campus just two kilometers from a weapon depot bombing. As a result, shock waves and vibrations might have damaged the site, halwing fear, although he had more accurate information.
A historian, who focuses on the prehistoric period and who has spent more than 20 years in Iran, “Iran’s ancient department knows what it has to do.” Therefore it is believed that it is not possible to protect open archaeological sites such as the Paracepolis complex, Bisotun inscription and Takht-e Soleman, or “Solomon’s throne,”. He told Berlin daily daily Mirror What she does not believe that cultural property faces a rapid threat, it is impossible to know how things can develop.
The institute in Israel, for its share, activates emergency plans after the first Iranian counter. For example, Tel Aviv Museum of Art secured underground storage, Israeli and international art in French magazine Bex Arts Informed It is planning to reopen its doors on 3 July. It is already possible to visit the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, which is the most waving in the Middle East with 500,000 items. The website of the museum informs visitors that it is equipped with safe rooms which are located in the museum in an emergency.
UNESCO World Heritage Committee is found in Paris
Israel is currently home to nine UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the White City of Tel Aviv, with several buildings in the Bohoss architectural style, with a neighborhood, the Masada Mountains Mountains Fort and the old city of the Acker.
The authority said, “There was no harm to archaeological artifacts under the management of Israel for our knowledge, nor for goods in the museum,” Tehran Times And Israel time,
The World Heritage site is under the formal protection of the international community. The Hague Convention of 1954 controls the conservation of cultural materials in the armed struggle, while the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Conference controls the preservation of cultural property among nations.
From 6–16 July, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee will hold its 47th session in Paris. Among other things, experts want to discuss possible future UNESCO cultural heritage sites. The session wants to stream live. The Israeli-Iran struggle was not on the agenda on 30 June.
This article was original in German.
