The Documentation and Conservation of the Mosaics of Syria Programme,

funded by the European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments in collaboration with the Damascus University and Department of Antiquities of Syria has begun.

The first part of Syrian Mosaic documentation and Conservation project began took place in April and May 2005. Dr Konstantinos Politis went to Syria to work on documentation strategies and initiate recording of mosaics in the Damascus Archaeological Museum in collaboration with Dr Amr al-Azm of Damascus University. The project is funded by the European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments in collaboration with the Syrian Ministry of Culture and HSNES.