Report by www.theguardian.com Museum’s £3m government grant will equip future trainees in conservation and restoration of destroyed heritage sites in Iraq. The British Museum is to establish a pilot program with heritage professionals in Iraq to train local museum curators,...
Tuesday October 27th, World Day for Audiovisual Archives, the 8 presidents from the AACCC associations collectively sign the “New Declaration” At the World Day for Audiovisual Archives, focusing on the theme “Archives at Risk – Protecting the World’s Identities”,...
Efforts to protect cultural heritage in Syria and Iraq during the ongoing humanitarian crisis in that area of the world will be the focus of Brian Daniels’ talk Sept. 22 at Vanderbilt’s Cohen Memorial Hall. Daniels will deliver the...
An official said the tourism and antiquities ministry had received reports from its employees in Mosul, which is controlled by the radical Islamist group, that the site at Hatra had been demolished. A nearby resident said he heard a...
UNEP-UNESCO joint project “World Heritage Inscription Process as a tool to enhance natural and cultural management of IraqiMarshlands” I. Introduction Coming from the Lake Van in...