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American Woman Tried to Smuggle 166 Maya Objects From Guatemala

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

Stephanie Allison Jolluck was apprehended by authorities days after a close call with airport security, who found two 1,000-year-old artifacts in her luggage.

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As the World Burns, Museum Leaders “Deeply Shaken” by Climate Protests

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 10, 2022November 10, 2022

MoMA’s Glenn Lowry, the Brooklyn Museum’s Anne Pasternak, and 90 others signed a statement condemning recent actions targeting protected artworks.

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Vandals Who Graffitied Petroglyphs in Nevada Sent to Prison

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu November 8, 2022November 8, 2022

The White River Narrows rock art is considered sacred by Native American peoples in the region.

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Extreme Floods in Pakistan Devastate Cultural Heritage Sites

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 7, 2022September 7, 2022

Walls over 4,500-year-old collapsed, tombs were lost, and a Buddhist temple was damaged in the flood-stricken Sindh province.

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

Avatar photo 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 

Avatar photo 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?

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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

Avatar photo 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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