In a statement, the ministry provided a “description of the six statues of the ‘Venus’ type made of marble, alabaster, and plaster, which were kept in the museum halls,” according to SANA. The ministry called on all official entities and individuals inside and outside Syria to “cooperate and provide any information that may help locate or recover the pieces,” emphasizing that this is a “national and collective responsibility.”
The National Museum in Damascus was subjected to a robbery last Monday evening, as confirmed by the head of internal security in Damascus province, Brigadier General Osama Mohammed Khair Atika, who announced the opening of an investigation into the theft incident, which involved a number of archaeological statues and rare artifacts.
Earlier, an American news agency reported that officials stated that thieves broke into the National Museum on the night of last Sunday, and the theft was discovered on Monday morning after finding the door of the Classical Antiquities section broken.
The National Museum in Damascus is considered one of the most visited destinations in Syria in general and in the city of Damascus in particular, due to its wealth that covers thousands of years representing parts of Syria’s history. Therefore, Arab and foreign researchers and scholars view it as an important documentary, historical, and cultural reference not only at the Middle East level but also globally.
