{"id":615,"date":"2011-09-03T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T15:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nemrud.nl\/?page_id=615"},"modified":"2011-10-10T17:28:42","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T15:28:42","slug":"ndp-master-plan-eagle-and-lion-statues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nemrud.nl\/index.php\/saving-nemrud\/2001-2003-university-of-amsterdam\/campaign-2003\/ndp-master-plan-eagle-and-lion-statues\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP: Eagle and Lion statues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bedrock at both ends of the row of statues at the East-Terrace has crumbled. The bedrock can not support the statues sufficiently. Both lions and one eagle have collapsed. The eagle on the south side was near to collapse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The blocks of the lion were scattered onto the northern slope. These blocks were hoisted onto the terrace. The eagle was dismantled.<\/p>\n

The joint base of the eagle-lion was cleaned. The crumbled bedrock was reinforced. The blocks of the base were arranged in full and the cavity filled adequately.<\/p>\n

The eagle was re-assembled. As a test the shoulder block was temporarily placed on top. Only the head was missing. This test and the previous research proved that a complete re-assembling would be possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t