{"id":18413,"date":"2014-11-18T17:57:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T15:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=18413"},"modified":"2015-09-19T21:07:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T18:07:19","slug":"archeological-gold-hand-bespeaks-skillfulness-of-syrian-goldsmiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=18413","title":{"rendered":"Archeological gold hand bespeaks skillfulness of Syrian goldsmiths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA \u2013 Countless archeological findings unearthed in various sites across Syria bespeaks the matchless creativity and skillfulness of the Syrian goldsmiths.<\/p>\n<p>A gold hand, a remarkable archeological piece uncovered in the central province of Homs, is one example that shows the Syrian goldsmiths&#8217; excellence in craftsmanship and design.<\/p>\n<p>The hand was found laying on a wooden coffin in the main chamber of the\u00a0Royal Cemetery in the Ancient Kingdom of Qatna-now the archeological site of Misherfeh, according to historian Mahmoud al-Sayyed.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Sayyed, who is deputy director of Laboratories Department at the General Directorate of Archeology and Museums, said the gold hand was dexterously designed with a highly professional touch and deep attention to details.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the hand is dated back to the period between the 15th and 14th centuries B.C. and preserved at Damascus National Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Haifa Said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damascus, SANA \u2013 Countless archeological findings unearthed in various sites across Syria bespeaks the matchless creativity and skillfulness of the Syrian goldsmiths. A gold hand, a remarkable archeological piece uncovered in the central province of Homs, is one example that shows the Syrian goldsmiths&#8217; excellence in craftsmanship and design. The hand was found laying on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6990],"tags":[3131],"class_list":["post-18413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-archeology","tag-gold-hand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}