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UNESCO World Heritage mission in Lebanon
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01:00:00:00 Baalbek: the Roman propylaea (ceremonial entrance)

01:00:02:13 Baalbek: Arrival of UNESCO’s mission on the site

01:00:09:21 Mounir Bouchenaki, Head of the mission and Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), notes that due to the 60’s and 70’s restoration work the state of conservation of the propylaea is satisfactory

01:00:28:19 Baalbek: The Hexagonal Forecourt

01:00:10:19 Baalbek: the experts evaluate the damage due to the vibration of the explosion

01:00:56:12 Baalbek: the experts verify the state of conservation of the site

01:01:53:11 Baalbek: the Great Courtyard

01:02:10:09 Baalbek: large view of the Great Courtyard

01:02:24:16 Baalbek: The six Corinthian columns of the Great Temple (Jupiter Temple)

01:02:38:13 Baalbek: Temple of Bacchus

01:03:07:17 Bombing of Jiyeh power station (30km south of Beirut)

01:03:17:15 Beirut: oil spill effect

01:03:33:10 Byblos : old port

01:03:50:12 Byblos: Alain Bouineau (on the right of the screen) Professor of Historical Monuments evaluate the oil spill damage
01:04:16:02 Tyre: Arrival of UNESCO’s mission on Al-Mina site


01:04:39:14 The expert evaluates the state of conservation

01:04:58:20 Tyre: Building destroyed by the bombings near El-Bass site (100 meters from the site)

01:05:15:07 Tyre: Experts visit a tomb in El-Bass site and note the degradation of the frescoe due to the vibration of the bombings

01:05:34:01 Tyre: Roman hippodrome at the El-Bass site

01:05:43:17 Tyre: The Triumphal Arch at El-Bass site

01:05:53:16 Soundbite : Mounir Bouchenaki, Head of the mission and Director-General of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)

01:06:37:21 End

Date de publication 18 Sep 2006
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