Workshop in English. Invited guests: Khalid al-Masri, Director of Antiquities of Aleppo province, Syria; Ghazi Alolo, Director of Antiquities of Idlib province, Syria; Giorgio Buccellati, Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near East and History at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA; Paolo Matthiae, Archaeologist and Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East at “La Sapienza” University, Rome; Elias Suleiman, Director of Antiquities of Qamishli province, Syria.