heritage destruction news

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) is beginning to lay the groundwork for a new heritage conservation training programme after announcing plans last month to establish ... More

UNESCO’s director general, Irina Bokova, has said that safeguarding of heritage sites has become a “humanitarian imperative, and a security issue”. Speaking at The Hague, ... More

UNESCO and Red Cross are teaming up to enhance the protection of cultural heritage in the event of an armed conflict. The new agreement has ... More

Heritage expert and former director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, Francesco Bandarin, has called on the heritage sector and the governments that support it to ... More

As ISIS continues to wage its war of hate across parts of the Middle East, destroying ancient relics and monuments as it goes, archeologists from ... More