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Shocking Pics of Looting in Syria
Today in Really Sad Looting Stories, Bloomberg reports: When the uprising against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad began two years ago, satellite images showed the ruins of the ancient Hellenic city of Apamea surrounded by green farmland. A year later, photos reveal a moonscape blighted by hundreds upon hundreds of holes. Looters in bulldozers armed with […]
Cambodia Welcomes Home Stolen 10th Century Sculptures
June 13, 2013
Two 10th-century statues received a much-anticipated welcome home party yesterday at the Phnom Penh airport. The “Kneeling Attendant” statues were accompanied by two representatives from New York’s Metropolitan Museum, which relinquished the sculptures after Cambodia showed they were wrongfully removed from the Koh Ker temple complex in the 1970s. The statutes will be on display […]
UNESCO Assesses Destruction to Mali
February 12, 2013
On February 2, 2013, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova paid a visit to Mali. According to UNESCO, the purpose of the visit was to begin the assessment of the state of the cultural heritage and manuscripts in Mali after destruction caused by the recent fighting. Bokova hopes to develop a plan of action in tandem with […]
Potential New Addition to UNESCO List: The Blue Mosque
January 25, 2013
According to Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan, Armenia will submit an application to have Yerevan’s Blue Mosque added to The United Nations Educational Scientific and Culture Organization (“UNESCO”)’s Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Mosque was built at some point during the mid-18th century, during the reign of Nadir Shah. Construction is believed to have […]
Parsi Community Recognized by UNESCO, but not Mumbai, for Preservation Efforts
September 4, 2012
UNESCO has formally recognized a Parsi community for their choice to restore and preserve historic enclaves. Architect Vikas Dilawari, under the guidance and advice of the Garib Zathostiyona Regethan Fund, restored the Sethna Buildings, which consists of five buildings that house many of the poorer Parsi families in the area. Restoring the Sethna Buildings not […]
Church of the Nativity, Congo, and Xanadu Added to World Heritage List
July 17, 2012
UNESCO has recently added 26 new sites to its World Heritage List. In total, five sites were added to the “natural” category, one site was added to the “mixed” category, and 20 sites were added to the “cultural” category. Over half of the new World Heritage sites are located outside of North America and Europe. […]
Palestine Signs on to the 1970 UNESCO Convention
April 27, 2012
On 22 March 2012, Palestine deposited with the Director-General its instrument of ratification of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. This makes Palestine the 122nd State party to the Convention. Late in 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and […]
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