Syria’s National Museum Reopens Doors in War-Scarred Damascus

Syria’s National Museum Reopens Doors in War-Scarred Damascus
Visitors look at sculptures during the reopening of Syria's National Museum of Damascus, Syria Oct. 28, 2018. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki
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DAMASCUS—Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Oct. 28, seven years after war forced them to close and months after the government recaptured all rebel areas near the capital.

The only part of the museum and its collection drawn from the civilizations that have ruled Syria over the millennia will be reopened immediately, its deputy director Ahmad Deeb said.