Complex sentence: Restoration of the thousands of fragments found in 1972 began in 1980 under the supervision of the Yemeni Department for Antiquities, and was funded by the Cultural Section of the German Foreign Ministry.
Split into simpler sentences: Restoration of the thousands of fragments found in 1972 began in 1980 under the supervision of the Yemeni Department for Antiquities. It was funded by the Cultural Section of the German Foreign Ministry.