Berlin, 4 June—Some 230 Syrian and international experts joined forces in a two-day meeting to assess damage to cultural heritage sites in Syria, develop method...
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The war in Syria has displaced more than half the population, and hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed. The country’s rich cultural heritage is anoth...
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Hearing Hearing entitled “Preventing Cultural Genocide: Countering the Plunder and Sale of Priceless Cultural Antiquities by ISIS”Tuesday, April 19, 2016 1...
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A group of scholars, historians and activists have been working to protect and preserve the rich cultural heritage of wartorn Syria. The members of the initiative, a joi...
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The Pillaging of Syria’s Cultural Heritage
ince March 2011 Syria has gone through a traumatic process that has strained the ethnic, sectarian, and social fabric of the country—almost all that makes Syria a unifie...
Why ISIS Wants to Destroy Syria’s Cultural Heritage
The destruction of the Arch of Triumph is the latest atrocity to shock the world When ISIS occupied the UNESCO-designated World Heritage site city of Palmyra in Syria May 201...
working with the Antiquities Coalition
How Daesh Turns Illicit Digs Into Dollars Katie A. Paul On May 16, 2015, US Special Forces raided the compound of Abu Sayyaf, a leader of Daesh (commonly known as...
How a Beloved World Heritage Site Became a Battlefield. And What’s...
Meet the historians, archaeologists, and Syrian civilians risking their lives for a piece of world heritage in Palmyra. Nicknamed the “Monuments Men” for their si...
Smuggler Explains How ISIS Turns Ancient Artifacts Into Mass Profit
The world has already witnessed the barbarity with which ISIS treats precious monuments, but now, a smuggler is showing how they are selling the artifacts to fund their terror...
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Condolences: Archaeologist Olivier NIEUW...
With great sadness and sorrow, the team of The Day Afte...
TDA-HPI Statement on the Ma’arra Museum
The Day After Heritage Protection Initiative Statement...
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Photogrammetry Workshop Report -March 2020
Name of Workshop: Teaching Photogrammetry Location: Center for Syrian Cultural Heritage Protection in Idlib, Idlib Governorate Implementing Agency: Center for Syrian Cultura...
Bashmishli (Ras el-Hosn) Damage Report July 2020
On 11/7/2020, a field tour was carried out by the Site Monitors of the Center for the Protection of Syrian Cultural Heritage - TDA-HPI, where the damage to the site and the co...
Arabic Calligraphy Workshop Report -February 2019
Name of Workshop: Teaching Arabic Calligraphy Location: Center for Syrian Cultural Heritage Protection in Idlib, Idlib Governorate Implementing Agency: Center for Syrian Cul...
Mosaic Workshop Report -February 2019
Name of Workshop: Teaching Mosaic Making Location: Center for Syrian Cultural Heritage Protection in the town of Bara, Idlib Governorate Implementing Agency: Center for Syri...