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Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Is Crumbling as Russian Forces Bomb Historical Sites

by Jasmine Liu April 11, 2022April 11, 2022

UNESCO has confirmed 53 partially or completely demolished sites so far, while the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation counts over 150, including monuments.

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Ukraine Asks to Keep Measures to Protect Cultural Heritage Under Wraps 

by Jasmine Liu March 20, 2022March 21, 2022

Publishing data about efforts to protect threatened cultural properties might expose them as targets for Russian troops and looters, the country’s deputy minister of culture warned.

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Who Really Owns Hagia Sophia?

by Michael Press July 28, 2020November 5, 2020

As the Turkish government announced that the Hagia Sophia will be converted back into a mosque, one of the primary responses worldwide has been to assert that the edifice constitutes “universal” heritage, that it belongs to all of us.

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Trump’s Border Wall Construction Is Threatening Ceremonial and Sacred Sites

by Kimi Eisele February 14, 2020February 13, 2020

Construction of the 30-foot steel fence threatens the cultural heritage of the Tohono O’odham people, including burial grounds and a biosphere reserve.

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Documenting Damaged Cultural Heritage and Human Suffering in Yemen’s Civil War

by Michael Press December 6, 2018December 5, 2018

Yemeni human rights organization Mwatana has issued a report based on years of research, titled, “The Degradation of History: Violations Committed by the Warring Parties against Yemen’s Cultural Property.”

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Iron Age Temple in Syria Devastated by Turkish Air Raids

by Claire Voon January 29, 2018

The ancient temple complex of Ain Dara was partially destroyed by the Turkish military as they continue to attack Kurdish forces in the Afrin region of Syria.

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England Gives “Pride of Place” to Historic LGBTQ Sites

by Allison Meier September 29, 2016September 30, 2016

Historic England’s Pride of Place project aims to recognize overlooked sites of LGBTQ history and protect them as part of the country’s heritage.

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A Leader of Attacks on Timbuktu Shrines Convicted of War Crime

by Claire Voon September 27, 2016

In a historic decision today, the International Criminal Court convicted an individual who destroyed cultural heritage of committing a war crime.

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In Acts of Resistance, Artists and Scholars Digitally Reconstruct the Past

by Claire Voon January 27, 2016January 31, 2016

In the past year alone, members of ISIS have marred cultural treasures in Iraq and Syria, taking sledgehammers and drills to statues at the Mosul Museum and delivering numerous blows to the ancient site of Palmyra, including its 1,800-year-old Arch of Triumph.

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From a 12,000-Year-Old Turkish City to a Finnish Airport, Europe’s Most At-Risk Heritage Sites

by Laura C. Mallonee December 21, 2015December 26, 2015

Western media stories about cultural heritage destruction have recently focused on places like Syria, Iraq, and Libya.

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Sending Out an SOS to Save Our Concrete Brutalist Monsters

by Allison Meier December 21, 2015December 21, 2015

The monolithic concrete that forms some of our most creative 20th-century architectural heritage is in danger of disappearing.

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In Wake of Terrorist Attacks, France Looks to Fight ISIS with Cultural Preservation

by Laura C. Mallonee November 20, 2015December 1, 2015

This week, France announced two plans to fight back against ISIS’s cultural destruction. French culture minister Fleur Pellerin unveiled a $6 million fund that will help France’s cultural institutions recover from the recent attack.

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