The World Monuments Fund’s program to train Syrian refugees in preservation skills
Since its founding in 1965 as the International Monuments Fund, the World Monuments Fund has been instrumental in providing resources for...
A philosophy for the restoration of Aleppo that will allow the people to come back
Should new preservation protocols be developed for the war-time destruction of cultural heritage sites?
Replicas of Syria's destroyed heritage—a discussion in Rome
By now most have heard of the utter destruction of some of the world's most important cultural treasures across Syria during the years...
French funding for Syrian heritage
A combination of public and private funds is being collected to contribute to the protection of cultural heritage in Syria during the...
Digitalizing the damage to ancient sites in Syria and Iraq
The Getty Conservation Institute and the World Monuments Fund collaborated on the development of a digital software program to allow...
More on the GAO Report “On the Protection of Iraqi and Syrian Antiquities”
A recent report by the US Government Accountability Office describes efforts throughout the US government to assist with the protection...
“The worst cultural heritage crisis since World War II”
A new report by the federal government of the United States calls for greater efforts to protect cultural heritage sites in the war-torn...
Tal Ajaja—another ancient site nearly destroyed by ISIS
In 2015, stories abounded about the horrific destruction of ancient monuments by ISIS in the Syrian city of Palmyra. Now that ISIS has...
Rebuild? Restore? Recreate? How best to remember war-torn heritage sites
In addition to the human atrocities of war, the destruction of numerous heritage sites has been exploited by those seeking to erase...