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A compilation of media articles on heritage topics. Obviously, these all reflect the viewpoints of the authors.
30 September
28 September
27 September
26 September
- Cairo's Egyptian Museum After The Looting
Huffington Post, United States
One of the most enduring events of the Egyptian uprising occurred late one night when local citizens formed a human chain to protect the Egyptian Antiquities Museum on Tahrir Square from those seeking to damage or steal its priceless contents. Sadly, this followed reports that the museum had been looted. Now, some 21 months later, the museum is attempting to maintain a sense of normalcy.
25 September
- Van Gogh Museum moves masterworks to Hermitage Amsterdam for seven months
Art Daily
The operation began moments after the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam closed Sunday evening. Men removed alarm tags from behind some of Vincent Van Gogh's greatest masterpieces, including "Sunflowers," ''Irises" and the famously crooked "Bedroom," and quickly pulled the paintings down from the museum's walls.
24 September
- UNESCO official tips Govt on conservation
Times of Zambia
United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) resident manager David Kaulule has called on government to be fully involved in the issues of conservation in Zambia.
- Ancient site needs saving not destroying
CNN, United States
A Buddhist statue overlooks a Chinese government-owned mining compound in Logar province, Afghanistan. Mes Aynak, a 2,600-year-old Buddhist site, could be destroyed in December to create a massive copper mine.
- Sofia vying for 2019 European culture capital: mayor
France 24
Sofia will be among the 10 Bulgarian cities vying for the title of 2019 European Capital of Culture, its mayor said Monday, highlighting the city's recent archeological digs as an added attraction.
23 September
- Neglect ruins Imelda Marcos' prized shoes
Detroit Free Press, United States
Termites, storms and neglect have damaged part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos' legendary collection of shoes and other possessions left behind after she and her dictator husband were driven into U.S. exile by a 1986 popular revolt.
22 September
21 September
- Malta-sponsored meeting in Ramallah
Malta Independent Online
A workshop for the main people involved in conservation and the management of historic cities in Palestine met in Ramallah at a meeting sponsored by the Maltese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Gulistanpur: Forgotten part of Indus Valley civilization
Times of India
In the middle of the rapidly developing Noida landscape, steaming factories and newly-built buildings, is a piece of history that has almost been forgotten even though its origins lie in the Indus Valley Civilization.
- Digitising Robben Island’s heritage
Independent Online, South Africa
A handwritten copy of the constitution written by prisoners on Robben Island is one of the papers from an “apple box collection” that is soon to be digitised.
20 September
- La pire restauratrice de l’histoire demande des royalties
Le Monde, France
Quand Cecilia Giménez a entrepris de restaurer la peinture murale du Christ qui ornait la petite église où elle avait pour habitude de se rendre, elle ne se doutait pas que son "œuvre" finale déclencherait une telle réaction sur Internet.
- Archaeologists discover funerary chamber more than a 1,000 years old in Michoacan
Art Daily
The discovery of a funerary chamber of more than a 1,000 years old, in the Archaeological Zone of Tingambato Michoacan, with an unidentified character’s burial, accompanied by 19,000 green stone beads, shells and human bones, is one of the most outstanding results of a special archaeological investigation and conservation project by INAH in five different pre Hispanic sites in this zone.
- Amid cultural clash, Louvre honors Islamic art
Associated Press
In its boldest development in a generation, the Louvre Museum has a new wing dedicated to Islamic art, a nearly €100 million ($130 million) project that comes at a tense time between the West and the Muslim world.
18 September
- Enormous Roman mosaic found under farmer's field
Fox News, United States
A giant poolside mosaic featuring intricate geometric patterns has been unearthed in southern Turkey, revealing the far-reaching influence of the Roman Empire at its peak.
- Was Jesus married? New papyrus fragment fuels debate
Reuters
A previously unknown scrap of ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian Coptic includes the words "Jesus said to them, my wife," -- a discovery likely to renew a fierce debate in the Christian world over whether Jesus was married.
- Prehispanic Holy Cities of Mexico Digitized
Prensa Latina
Mexican prehispanic holy cities are in a plan for digitization, process which takes place today in the Archaeological Zone of Xochicalco, reported the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
- Museum to conserve Sadequain’s mural
The Nation, Pakistan
The Lahore Museum is all set to conserve celebrated painter Sadequain’s priceless mural ‘Evolution of Mankind’, officials told TheNation on Monday.
17 September
15 September
14 September
- Dancing on the Ruins
New York Times, United States
Flash floods caused by monsoon rains across Pakistan have recently claimed at least 78 lives, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in the worst-hit districts of Punjab, a populous province. The waters are also threatening Pakistan’s greatest archaeological site, the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro, which sit just over a mile from the Indus River in the southern province of Sindh.
12 September
- Have UK archaeologists found Richard III's skeleton?
Reuters
Archaeologists searching for the body of England's King Richard III under a city centre parking lot said on Wednesday they had found remains which could be those of the monarch depicted by Shakespeare as an evil, deformed, child-murdering monster.
11 September
10 September
- Who Owns Antiquity?
Newsweek Magazine, United States
In 1966, curators at the archaeological museum of the University of Pennsylvania bought a pile of gorgeous Bronze Age jewelry from a Philadelphia dealer. They couldn’t know their purchase would change how museums work.
- For Museum, Long-Lost Picasso Is Too Costly To Keep
NPR, United States
In the southwestern Indiana town of Evansville, people are a bit baffled after hearing that the town's Museum of Arts, History and Science has had a rare Pablo Picasso piece in storage for almost half a century.
- Eternal 'love locks' removed from Rome bridge
ANSA, Italy
Rome town council removed the 'love locks' from the city's famous Ponte Milvio (Milvian Bridge) following a lengthy row between those who wanted to clean up the bridge and opponents who have pushed for it to remain a shrine to eternal love.
9 September
- Museum restores mummy using LEGO!
ITV, United Kingdom
Staff at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge have restored a 3000 year old Egyptian Mummy using LEGO. Small lightweight 'jacks' built from the child's toy were used to carefully repair the paper mache Mummy after it was partially crushed.
- Secrets of Rubens and Michelangelo revealed by 3d scans
Telegraph, United Kingdom
A painting and a sculpture attributed to the Old Masters Peter Paul Rubens and Michelangelo were probably completed by their apprentices, new three dimensional scanning technology has suggested.
- Arctic remains believed to be Franklin crew
Winnipeg Free Press, Canada
Archaeologists involved in the hunt for the wreckage of the Franklin Expedition in Canada's Arctic have discovered human remains they believe are from a member of the doomed crew.
8 September
7 September
- How Do Museums Pay for Themselves These Days?
Huffington Post, United States
Over the past four years of recession and lagging economic recovery, one museum after another across the country has cut back on hours, staff, salaries (and staff benefits) and programming, raised admissions, looked to sell objects from their collections in order to pay for operations or just closed for good.
- Turkish archaeologists reveal 6th century baptistery abroad
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
A historic baptistery structure has been unearthed at one of the most important ancient sites in Kosovo by Turkish archaeologists. It is the first such excavation to be carried out by Turkish archaeologists in Europe.
6 September
- Ancient Tomb Built to Flood—Sheds Light on Peru Water Cult?
National Geographic, United States
Archaeologists in Peru thought they had discovered something special when they uncovered the tomb of a pre-Inca priestess and eight other corpses in 2011. But an even bigger find was right beneath their feet.
5 September
- L’art des cavernes peut-il être compris par les archéologues ?
Radio France, France
Quelle était la vie quotidienne dans les grottes ornées ? Si les préhistoriens arrivent de nos jours à reconstituer quelques fragments d’événements cavernicoles, peuvent-ils, pour autant aller plus loin, ont-ils, d’ailleurs le droit de rêver ?
- Buried but found: First images of a lost Roman town
Phys-Org, United Kingdom
An ancient Italian town, which disappeared after its abandonment 1,500 years ago and now lies buried underground, has been mapped by researchers, revealing the location of its theatre, marketplace and other buildings.
- Tanzania: Stone Town Heritage Under Threat
allAfrica.com
Negligence and lack of knowledge on the importance of conserving heritage sites stifles the ability to meaningfully preserve the historical Zanzibar Stone Town.
- South Sudan Preserves Historical, Cultural Sites
Voice of America, United States
Just over a year since independence, South Sudan is working with the United Nations to preserve its most important historical, natural and cultural sites for future generations to enjoy.
4 September
- Obsidian discovery reveals 4,000-year-old Syrian story
Phys-Org, United Kingdom
Ancient sites and cultural heritage are under threat in Syria due to the current conflict. An interdisciplinary research team hopes this new discovery, which has major implications for understanding the world's first empire, will help to highlight the importance of protecting Syria's heritage.
- Loving old stones isn’t enough
The Daily Star, Lebanon
Located on a hill overlooking the coastal plain and within walking distance of Downtown and Ras Beirut, Zoqaq al-Blat is, for property developers, a treasure trove. Guillame Boudisseau, a real estate consultant for Ramco, notes that there are currently 350 construction projects ongoing in municipal Beirut.
- Med: Unesco chief awarded Cultural Heritage Prize
ANSA Med, Italy
Philadelphia archaeology museum will indefinitely loan ancient jewelry known as “Troy gold” to Turkey in exchange for a future exhibit of artifacts related to King Midas, officials announced Tuesday.
- Historic stadium found in Aydın
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
The best-preserved stadium in the Anatolian region has been found at the ancient city of Magnesia in the Aegean province of Aydın’s Germencik. Other finds also show that people living in the city were very civilized.
- Archaeologists find remains of extinct animals dated between 10,000 and 12,000 years old
Art Daily
More than a hundred bones of animals, some of which could possibly be human bones from the final stages of the Pleistocene period, more than 10,000 years ago, were found in Atontonilco de Tula, Hidalgo, during the construction work of a blackwater treatment plant, where archaeologists of the National Institute of Archaeology and History (INAH – Conaculta) made the rescue.
3 September
- Ancient Warriors Unearthed in Denmark
The New York Times, United States
A fractured skull and a thighbone hacked in half were found at the lake. Although that may sound like the opening scene of a crime drama, the human remains, along with axes, spears, clubs and shields, were unearthed at an archaeological site in the wetlands of Denmark, and date to the birth of Jesus.
- Treasures of Ancient Rome: why we’re wrong to write off Roman art
The Telegraph, United Kingdom
Earlier this year, I had one of the most extraordinary aesthetic experiences of my life. I travelled to Libya on the anniversary of the uprisings against Gaddafi to film the final part of my new television series, Treasures of Ancient Rome, to be shown on BBC Four.
- World Heritage – a well-kept secret
Past Horizons, United Kingdom
Nearly one thousand wonders of the world – created by people or by nature – have been given status as World Heritage.
- French archaeologists explore a Roman shipwreck in the Antique port of Antibes
Art Daily
A team of Inrap archaeologists is currently excavating part of the Antique port of Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes). This research, curated by the State (Drac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), is being conducted in advance of the construction of an underground parking lot by QPark. The archaeologists will work for seven months at the site of "Pré aux Pêcheurs”.
- Fears for Syria's lost heritage
ABC, Australia
I'm coming into this job with my eyes open, and no illusions.' The words of the former Algerian foreign minister Lakhdar Brahimi on his new job as the UN and Arab League's envoy on the Syrian conflict.
2 September
- Late 16th-century Żabbar painting is restored
Times of Malta, Malta
The recent restoration and conservation of the late 16th-century painting of Our Lady of Graces by Art Restoration of Qormi has brought to light the artistic and historical values of this old altarpiece, a very important exhibit at the Żabbar Sanctuary Museum.
- Mexico City’s Aztec Past Reaches Out to Present
The New York Times, United States
The skeleton is that of a young woman, perhaps an Aztec noble, found intact and buried in the empire’s most sacred spot more than 500 years ago. Almost 2,000 human bones were heaped around her, and she is a mystery.
1 September
- Humayun’s Tomb back in form
The Times of India, India
Almost a century-old publication of the Archaeological Survey of India describes the wall and dome of the central dome chamber of the 17th-century Humayun's Tomb covered with striking gilding and tile work.
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2 October, 2012
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