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    Kaplan RPI Program Supports Restoration of Yemen’s Islamic Heritage
    • Nov 4, 2020

    Kaplan RPI Program Supports Restoration of Yemen’s Islamic Heritage

    Through the RPI program, the Daw’an MudBrick Architecture Foundation is restoring an Islamic shrine damaged during Yemen’s ongoing conflict.
    Yemen Finds Hope in Its Heritage
    • Aug 11, 2020

    Yemen Finds Hope in Its Heritage

    Yemen’s heritage professionals are providing hope that the country’s shared past will prove far more durable than its current divisions.
    From the Ashes: Salvaging Yemen’s Destroyed Past through the Kaplan RPI Program
    • Aug 6, 2019

    From the Ashes: Salvaging Yemen’s Destroyed Past through the Kaplan RPI Program

    Local volunteers excavating through rubble to find objects buried under the destruction of Yemen’s Dhamar Museum. This CAORC Field Note...
    CAORC Requests Proposals for Urgent Cultural Heritage Protection Efforts in Yemen
    • Jun 5, 2019

    CAORC Requests Proposals for Urgent Cultural Heritage Protection Efforts in Yemen

    As part of the Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative, CAORC, in partnership with the American Institute for Yemeni Studies, announces...
    Saving Syria’s Archaeological Treasures, One Object at a Time
    • Jun 4, 2019

    Saving Syria’s Archaeological Treasures, One Object at a Time

    Documenting pottery recovered from an ancient burial cave near Idlib, Syria. In June 2015, when the Syrian civil war was raging across...
    Video: Training Gaza's First Rapid-Response Heritage Preservation Team
    • May 29, 2019

    Video: Training Gaza's First Rapid-Response Heritage Preservation Team

    In August 2018, CAORC’s J.M. Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative sponsored a ten-day workshop by the IWAN Center for Architectural...
    Preserving Cairo’s Islamic Tiles: The Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Monuments Project
    • May 23, 2019

    Preserving Cairo’s Islamic Tiles: The Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Monuments Project

    A member of the Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Monuments Project photographs the blue-tiled walls of Cairo’s Blue Mosque. In this essay, Hayam Ahmed...
    CAORC Co-Sponsors Event "Culture at Risk – Yemen's Heritage Under Threat"
    • Feb 27, 2019

    CAORC Co-Sponsors Event "Culture at Risk – Yemen's Heritage Under Threat"

    AIYS President Daniel Varisco gave the event’s opening presentation, which introduced the audience to the history, peoples, and cultures...
    Preserving an Historic North African Crossroads: RPI Program Supports Urgent Documentation of Morocc
    • Jan 17, 2019

    Preserving an Historic North African Crossroads: RPI Program Supports Urgent Documentation of Morocc

    The towering entrance, known locally as Imi n Zawiya, to the traditional Moroccan Berber village of Aguddim, nestled in the beautiful...
    Mending the Mosaics of the Byzantine Church of Khirbet et-Tireh
    • Jan 2, 2019

    Mending the Mosaics of the Byzantine Church of Khirbet et-Tireh

    This beautiful mosaic floor adorning a Byzantine-era church at the site of Khirbet et-Tireh near Jerusalem was preserved thanks to...
    Stabilizing and Maintaining the Endangered World Heritage Site of Cyrene
    • Aug 22, 2018

    Stabilizing and Maintaining the Endangered World Heritage Site of Cyrene

    Conservators with the Libyan Department of Antiquities clean and consolidate mosaics at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Cyrene. In this...
    CAORC-Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative Meets Urgent Heritage Threats in the Middle East
    • Jul 20, 2018

    CAORC-Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative Meets Urgent Heritage Threats in the Middle East

    CAORC’s Responsive Preservation Initiative helps preserve cultural heritage sites across the Middle East that are under urgent threat....
    Preserving and Modelling Egypt’s Wadi el-Hudi for the World
    • Jun 13, 2018

    Preserving and Modelling Egypt’s Wadi el-Hudi for the World

    Fig. 1: An aerial view of the well-preserved but now threatened mining site of Wadi el-Hudi in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. Photo courtesy the...
    Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative Helps Conserve Precious Bronze Age Cargo
    • May 24, 2018

    Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative Helps Conserve Precious Bronze Age Cargo

    Conservator Asu Selen Özcan photographs a Bronze Age copper ingot recovered more than 50 years ago from the Cape Gelidonya shipwreck off...
    Call for Applications: Grants to Preserve Yemen's Cultural Heritage
    • May 3, 2018

    Call for Applications: Grants to Preserve Yemen's Cultural Heritage

    CAORC is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative (RPI). The program is designed...
    Grantees Announced: RPI for Cultural Heritage Resources Program
    • Mar 27, 2018

    Grantees Announced: RPI for Cultural Heritage Resources Program

    CAORC is pleased to announce the second round of award recipients for the Responsive Preservation Initiative for Cultural Heritage...
    CAORC Announces RPI for Cultural Heritage Resources Program Awardees
    • Dec 6, 2017

    CAORC Announces RPI for Cultural Heritage Resources Program Awardees

    CAORC is pleased to announce the first award recipients for the Responsive Preservation Initiative for Cultural Heritage Resources. The...

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