A seguito delle problematiche belliche ce hanno visto coinvolta la Libia e soprattutto in conseguenza elle distruzioni avvenute dopo l'Uragano Daniel del Settembre 2023, la Missione Archeologica dell'Università G.d'Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara di Chieti in collaborazione con le Missioni in Libia del CISAM (Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura del Mediterraneo) e dell'Università Carlo Bo di Urbino, hanno partecipato ad un bando competitivo internazionale per il fondo Emergency Relief Grant della Fondazione ALIPH (https://www.aliph-foundation.org/en/our-grants ). IL bando è stato vinto ed il finanziamento è finalizzato al recupero, restauro, valorizzazione, digitalizzazione, documentazione geoarcheologica e topografica e disseminazione dei Monumenti e delle Aree che hanno subito danni e perdite a causa dei recenti eventi bellici e a causa dell'Uragano Daniel e dei cambiamenti climatici. Il progetto prevede quindi una prima fase di documentazione 3D e digitalizzazione dei beni compromessi o a rischio, l'analisi diagnostica non invasiva per ciascun monumento coinvolto, la collaborazione nella ricerca, nel restauro, nella digitalizzazione con enti locali e con ditte specializzate Libiche. Inoltre parte del programma prevede programmi e corsi di capacity building e training per tecnici, studiosi e studenti locali, con particolare attenzione alle problematiche di inclusione e di parità di genere nella scelta dei partecipanti.
DETTAGLI DEL PROGETTO Project 2023-2873 Emergency Relief Grant
As a result of the landslides and waterfloods which affected these monuments, several damages are
evident, as mentioned above, as damages and collapsing of structures, heavy damages to the
architectural elements of the rock-cut tombs and of the sanctuary of Demeter for Cyrene, as well as to
the roof of the museum and storeroom in Apollonia. Therefore a first reason for the urgency is obviously
to avoid further collapsing of the structure and even partial loosing of the monuments.
Moreover, a consequential problem determining an urgency, is that in the two areas of Cyrene, the waterfloods
have brought to light new monuments, still not documented and still intact, which may be
destroyed by further heavy rains, but also, and above all, may bee heavily affected by vandalism and
looting, which is often reported for Cyrene’s necropolis and extramural sanctuary which are outside the
fences of the local Superintendence.
A third issue is that the apparent ‘abandonment’ of these damaged areas and monuments can cause in
the local population the idea that the area are now free from the monitoring of the Superintendence and
can start soon to build new houses or using part of the monuments or of the structures. Obviously the
local Superintendence at the moment is controlling the situation, but needs that the area are recovered
to sho to the residents that these monuments are still of cultural interest.
The three topics/areas (two in Cyrene and one in Apollonia)which have been chosen for the three
projects have been seriously damaged during Daniel Storm in September and are now at serious risk for
several reasons (see below). All of them are public monuments or buildings and the public ownership
belongs to the Department of Antiquities of Libya.
In detail the tree projects are concerning:
1- THE MUSEUM AND STOREROOMS OF APOLLONIA (SUSAH)
2- SANCTUARY OF DEMETER AT WADY BELGADIR AT CYRENE
3- DAMAGES IN THE NECROPOLIS AT CYRENE
All the sites are under the ownership of the Department of Antiquities and the offices responsible for the
three areas of the three projects are the Superintendences of Cyrene-Shahat and Apollonia-Susah, which
are under the control of the Department of Antiquities. The targeted archaeological and architectural monuments are three, as listed just below.
1- THE MUSEUM AND STOREROOMS OF APOLLONIA (SUSAH), which has been seriously damaged by
the heavy rain and