Under the patronage of the Minister of Culture, Mr. Mohamed Al-Ahmad, Dr. Mahmoud Hammoud, Director-General of Antiquities and Museums, unveiled the  Palmyrian Lion Allat sculpture, after its restoration by a joint team of DGAM, UNESCO experts and the Rev. Bartosz Markowski, a member of the Polish Archaeological Mission, which was explored the statue In 1977, he worked at the Polish Center for Archeological Research in the Mediterranean Sea. The statue was made available for public visit and was placed in the southeastern corner of the National Museum in Damascus