by Tasoula | Dec 29, 2013 | News
The city of Aleppo, Syria, was once the cultural jewel of the Ottoman Empire and the last outpost of Silk Road trade route to the west. Today, however, the historic city is at the heart of the Syrian civil war — bombarded with missiles and bombs, and suffering the...
by Tasoula | Dec 20, 2013 | News
UNESCO adopted a document on the protection of cultural property in the occupied territories. The document was adopted at the eighth session of the UNESCO committee on the protection of cultural property during armed conflicts in Paris on December 18, Azerbaijani...
by Tasoula | Dec 11, 2013 | News
It’s not only civilians who fall prey to the bloodshed in Syria but also the world’s most precious sites. There are 40 monuments in the country that UNESCO put on the World Heritage list. Over the last three years they’ve been attacked, looted and even destroyed. This...
by Tasoula | Dec 10, 2013 | News
We read in New York Times: CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities have recovered a pharaonic statue looted from a museum that was ransacked during unrest touched off by the ouster of President Mohamed Mursi this summer. The limestone statue of Ankhesenpaaten, a sister of...
