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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Feb 14, 2019
Event: Culture at Risk – Yemen's Heritage Under Threat
Culture at Risk: Yemen's Heritage Under Threat Saturday, February 23, 2019 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art...
- Jan 17, 2019
Preserving Historic North African Crossroads: RPI Program Supports Urgent Documentation of Morocco
The towering entrance, known locally as Imi n Zawiya, to the traditional Moroccan Berber village of Aguddim, nestled in the beautiful...
- 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...
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