News
England Gives “Pride of Place” to Historic LGBTQ Sites
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.
Cultural Heritage
In Brief
A Leader of Attacks on Timbuktu Shrines Convicted of War Crime
In a historic decision today, the International Criminal Court convicted an individual who destroyed cultural heritage of committing a war crime.
Art
In Acts of Resistance, Artists and Scholars Digitally Reconstruct the Past
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.
News
From a 12,000-Year-Old Turkish City to a Finnish Airport, Europe's Most At-Risk Heritage Sites
Western media stories about cultural heritage destruction have recently focused on places like Syria, Iraq, and Libya.
Art
Sending Out an SOS to Save Our Concrete Brutalist Monsters
The monolithic concrete that forms some of our most creative 20th-century architectural heritage is in danger of disappearing.
News
In Wake of Terrorist Attacks, France Looks to Fight ISIS with Cultural Preservation
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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Study Finds ISIS Militants Aren’t the Only Ones Looting Syrian Archaeological Sites
ISIS’s systematic looting in Syria has captured the world’s attention, but a new study shows they’re not the only ones selling off the country’s cultural heritage.
News
A Petition to Stop "Irresponsible" Restoration of Chartres Cathedral
A new petition against the cathedral's restoration claims work done over the past six years has irreversibly damaged the 800-year-old building and erased centuries of the history that makes it so special.
In Brief
New Digital Archaeology Effort Attempts to Capture Cultural Heritage Before It's Gone
As ISIS continues to destroy the world's cultural heritage, archaeologists and other onlookers continue to scramble to find ways to counter the destruction.
News
Historic Chapel in Mexico Mysteriously Torn Down
Did a small town in Mexico bulldoze a historically protected chapel at the heart of its community last month?
Art
An Exhibition of Fractured and Mended Art
The conservation of artifacts already in museum care is highlighted more often than the repairs creators make to their own objects.
In Brief
The Great Wall of China Is Falling Apart
The Great Wall was once China's most fearsome defense.