Armed Conflict

Plans to ‘Invest’ in Ancient Sites Angers Palestinians

Plans to ‘Invest’ in Ancient Sites Angers Palestinians

0 on January 31, 2013, 9:00 am / in Armed Conflict, Development, Historic Preservation, Israel, Palestine, Preservation Initiatives, Sites in Danger

Israel is forging ahead with plans to invest in a number of its national heritage sites, including nine sites along [...]

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Mali Conflict Puts Timbuktu in Danger

Mali Conflict Puts Timbuktu in Danger

0 on January 28, 2013, 9:00 am / in Africa, Armed Conflict, Historic Preservation, Looting, Mali, Preservation Initiatives, Sites in Danger

In light of the escalating violence in Mali, UNESCO has recently began to urge armed forces to protect Timbuktu’s historic [...]

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Cultural Life in Mali: “No one wanted this war.”

Cultural Life in Mali: “No one wanted this war.”

0 on September 28, 2012, 12:45 pm / in Africa, archaeology law, Armed Conflict

From an excellent perspective on the cultural decimation in Mali: So much has already been threatened – from the Al-Farouk [...]

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Militia Destroys Ancient Libraries in Mali

Militia Destroys Ancient Libraries in Mali

4 on September 19, 2012, 9:00 am / in ancient texts, Armed Conflict, Mali

I recently posted on the assault on cultural heritage in Mali. A recent article in Newsweek Magazine reports that the [...]

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Conflict Endangers Syrian Treasures

Conflict Endangers Syrian Treasures

0 on August 28, 2012, 9:00 am / in archaeology law, Armed Conflict, Middle East, Preservation Initiatives

The recent fighting in Syrian city Aleppo poses irreparable damage to the city’s architectural and cultural legacy. A recent article [...]

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UNESCO Pleads With Syrian Secretary-General to Preserve Citadel of Aleppo

UNESCO Pleads With Syrian Secretary-General to Preserve Citadel of Aleppo

0 on July 30, 2012, 6:00 am / in archaeology law, Armed Conflict, cultural property law, Middle East

More than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since the Syrian conflict began some 16 months ago. In the [...]

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Assault on Cultural Heritage in Mali Continues

Assault on Cultural Heritage in Mali Continues

1 on July 16, 2012, 7:00 am / in Africa, Armed Conflict, Art Law, cultural property law, Mali

Armed with Kalashnikovs and axes, Islamists occupying northern Mali destroyed ancient Muslim tombs in the Malian city of Timbuktu last [...]

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Two Albums Documenting Nazi Art Theft Discovered

Two Albums Documenting Nazi Art Theft Discovered

0 on April 3, 2012, 6:00 am / in archaeology law, Armed Conflict, cultural property law, Holocaust Repatriation, Preservation Initiatives

During World War II, the Nazis recorded the cultural property and paintings they seized into catalogs. The catalogs have photographs [...]

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ICCROM Offers Course in First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict

ICCROM Offers Course in First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict

1 on March 1, 2012, 6:04 am / in archaeology law, Armed Conflict, cultural property law, Museums, UNESCO

If you’ve got a month to spare this fall, you might want to check out ICCROM’s Rome-based course, First Aid [...]

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University of Waikato of New Zealand Offers ‘Art Crime during Armed Conflict’ Course

University of Waikato of New Zealand Offers ‘Art Crime during Armed Conflict’ Course

0 on December 14, 2011, 1:12 pm / in archaeology law, Armed Conflict, Australia / New Zealand, Crime, cultural property law, Museums

Between Monday 13th and Friday 17th February next year, Judge Arthur Tompkins, a faculty member at ARCA’s Summer Masters Certificate [...]

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