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Recueil d’articles de presse sur des sujets liés au patrimoine. Les points de vue exprimés dans ces derniers n’engagent évidemment que leurs auteurs.

31 août

• Van Gogh painted on tea towels: museum curator
  CBC Arts, Canada
  Artist Vincent Van Gogh, known for being always short of money and materials, resorted to painting on tea towels according to the curator of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

• China has no plan to excavate mausoleum of first emperor Qinshihuang
  China View, Chine
  The mausoleum of China's first emperor Qinshihuang, near which the world-famous terracotta army was unearthed, would stay underground in peace in the foreseeable future, a leading expert said.

• Patrimonio prepara equipos para inventariar edificios históricos
  La Opinión Austral, Argentine
  La Dirección Provincial de Patrimonio tiene en marcha desde el año anterior un programa con el que pretende hacer un inventario de edificios históricos en cada localidad, para conformar un catálogo y darles una protección.

• Ayuda Internacional, Archiveros Voluntarios
  Archivos Municipales, Argentina
  El día 22 de agosto se retransmitió un correo electrónico de un particular, colega del Perú, que solicitaba ayuda relacionada con planes de contingencia en caso de desastres como el sismo que asoló la región de Pisco.

• Ancient yucca chaws yield ancient DNA
  Physorg.com, Etats-Unis
  In a groundbreaking study, two Harvard scientists have for the first time extracted human DNA from ancient artifacts. The work potentially opens up a new universe of sources for ancient genetic material, which is used to map human migrations in prehistoric times.

30 août

• Saving the sounds of history
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Sean Street: From Vietnamese spoon music to the first ever recording of bird song, the BBC presides over an extensive sound archive. The fact it almost wound up on a scrap heap only to be saved by a "temp" is one of the great untold stories of broadcasting history - until now.

• L'Irak aimerait relancer le tourisme et restaurer son patrimoine
  Le Point, France
  Ses sites antiques ont peut-être été endommagés et pillés, ses hôtels bombardés, l'Irak reste un pays intéressant à visiter, estime le directeur de la Commission tourisme irakienne, Mahmoud al Yakouki.

• Mesopotamian city grew from merging settlements
  New Scientist, United Kingdom
  Contrary to the assumption that ancient cities always grew outwards from a central point, the urban site of Tell Brak in north-eastern Syria appears to have emerged as several nearby settlements melded together, according to researchers' analysis of archaeological evidence.

• Il était une fois... un musée qui raconte des histoires
  Swissinfo, Suisse
  Carole Wälti: Promouvoir la tradition orale, c'est la mission que s'est donnée le «Storyteller Museum», en partenariat avec l'Institut suisse de l'héritage intangible.

• Great Wall could be lost to sands of the desert
  The Independent, Royaume-Uni
  Clifford Coonan: Sandstorms in northern China are reducing large sections of the Great Wall to rubble. Archaeologists say whole chunks of one of the seven wonders of the world could be gone in 20 years, swallowed up by the Badain Jaran desert.

• China, Mongolia to protect traditional long-song
  China View.com, Chine
  China and Mongolia agreed Thursday to conduct a field survey on the traditional long-song, a major form of Mongolian song, over the next two years. The decision was made during the second conference of the long-song protection committee of China and Mongolia, which was held in Ulan Bator on Thursday.

• INC reevaluará estado de inmuebles declarados patrimonio histórico en Lima (ampliación)
  Andina (Agencia Peruana de Noticias), Pérou
  La directora del Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC), Cecilia Bákula, informó hoy que esa entidad reevaluará, junto a Defensa Civil y al municipio de Lima, los monumentos e inmuebles declarados patrimonio histórico en las zonas “más álgidas” de la capital.

• Patrimonio arqueológico
  El Dia, Espagne
  Molina (El ministro de Cultura, César Antonio Molina) también anunció que impulsará un Plan Nacional de Protección del Patrimonio Arqueológico Subacuático, con objeto de evitar "actuaciones no deseadas", como el caso Odyssey.

• Burial clue to early urban strife
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Archaeologists working in Syria have unearthed the remains of dozens of youths thought to have been killed in a fierce confrontation 6,000 years ago.

29 août

• Terremoto destruyó 32 por ciento del patrimonio de la costa central
  RPP, Pérou (EFE)
  Perú perdió el 32 por ciento del patrimonio monumental de su costa central como consecuencia del terremoto. El resto puede ser aún restaurado, dijo la directora del Instituto Nacional de Cultura (INC), Cecilia Bákula.

• Côte d'Ivoire: Découverte culturelle à Touba
  AllAfrica
  Bayo Fatim: Les grottes de Toutché, une fortune touristique. Le Bafing est un gisement culturel et touristique. Les Ivoiriens gagneraient à mettre en valeur les potentialités dont regorge cette région.

28 août

• 'Spruce up' for Culloden exhibits
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Prime exhibits from Culloden are heading for a spring clean before returning to play a central role at a new visitor centre.

• 'They did everything they could to save Olympia. They chose a monument above human life'
  The Independent, Royaume-Uni
  Elinda Labropoulou: On the outskirts of Zaharo there is a burnt black line; on one side everything is ash, burnt tree stumps, charred buildings and smouldering cars. On the other side is all that remains of the town - a handful of buildings, shops and homes that were saved from the flames in a desperate, last-ditch battle.

• Les journées européennes du patrimoine 2007
  Toute l'Europe
  Les Journées européennes du patrimoine 2007 se dérouleront en France les 15 et 16 septembre sous un thème national :"Les métiers du patrimoine : des hommes et des femmes au service des biens culturels".

• Researchers say Italy's 5,000-year-old Iceman died from head trauma, not arrow
  International Herald Tribune
  Researchers studying Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen in the Italian Alps, have come up with a new theory for how he died, saying he died from head trauma, not by bleeding to death from an arrow. Researchers studying Iceman, the 5,000-year-old mummy found frozen in the Italian Alps, have come up with a new theory for how he died, saying he died from head trauma, not by bleeding to death from an arrow.
  

27 août

• Greek fires kill 58 and pose threat to ancient Olympia
  Finanacial Times, Royaume-Uni
  Krein Hope: More than 30 forest fires raged out of control across southern Greece for a third day yesterday, forcing the evacuation of dozens of villages and threatening ancient Olympia, site of the first Olympic Games.

• Buscan recuperar oficios en vías de extinción
  El Tribuno de Salta, Argentina
  La Dirección de Regímenes Especiales del Ministerio de Educación está conformando una base de datos acerca de oficios antiguos, con el objeto de contar con una base de datos que pueda ser utilizada por la población a la hora de necesitar algún trabajo de este tipo.

• Yaaral et Dégal: La sauvegarde en marche
  L'Essor, Mali
  Les festivités du Yaaral et du Dégal organisées par la communauté peule, marquent la traversée du fleuve Niger par les troupeaux de boeufs de retour de la transhumance. Deux fois par an, cette manifestation culturelle donne lieu à des expressions variées et très populaires.

26 août

• Designs on heritage
  Calcutta Telegraph, Inde
  “It is only after I joined work at PWD that I discovered that architecture affords opportunities for studying geography, history, heritage and interior design.”

25 août

• Debating the future of Afghan Buddhas
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Charles Haviland: Seven years ago, it was a place of serene contemplation. Now it is a vast, gaping chasm, filled with dust, noise and what looks like rubble, with signs warning that hard hats must be worn.

• The making of a Unesco World Heritage site
  The Telegraph, United Kingdom
  From Dorset's 'Jurassic Coast' to Ethiopia's Rock Churches, Unesco now lists 851 places of outstanding beauty. But how are they selected, asks Sophie Campbell.

24 août

• Kashmir's crumbling monuments get restoration boost
  Reuters
  Hundreds of Indian Kashmir's monuments are dilapidated and crumbling, prompting authorities and restoration experts to step up efforts to save the restive Himalayan state's unique cultural heritage.

• DNA from Spit Helps Decode Lives of Early Settlers
  NPR, Etats-Unis
  Scientists have made remarkable strides in recent years in analyzing ancient DNA. Using the tools of molecular biology, they have been able to extract DNA from bones and teeth of early humans. Scientists have used that genetic data to track how people moved around the world.

23 août

• Lanzan proyecto para rescate del patrimonio socio-cultural
  Abierta TV, Argentine
  En el marco del trabajo cultural que encaran Chaco, Formosa y la República del Paraguay, la capital formoseña fue sede del lanzamiento del proyecto "Rescate y Promoción de Artesanías".

• In pictures: Technology's hidden past
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  London's Science Museum has launched a bid to build a vast new museum on an abandoned Royal Air Force base at Wroughton, near Swindon.

22 août

• Centuries old treasures set for the internet
  El Lancashire Telegraph, United Kingdom
  Catherine Pye: Centuries old treasures from Blackburn Museum could be unveiled to a worldwide audience thanks to the British Library.

• INAH: huracán no dañó el patrimonio cultural
  El Universal.com, México
  Tras el paso del huracán Dean no se presentaron daños en las zonas arqueológicas y los museos de Yucatán y Quintana Roo, informó el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.

• Inside the Emperor’s underground palace
  The Times Online, Royaume-Uni
  Dalya Alberge: It covers an area the size of Cambridge but so far only a tiny proportion of the site of the First Emperor of China’s underground palace for the afterlife has been excavated.

• Presentan "lista roja del Perú" para prevenir tráfico ilegal de antigüedades
  Terra Actualidad (EFE), Espagne
  El Consejo Internacional de Museos (ICOM) anunció hoy en Viena la publicación de la 'Lista Roja de Antigüedades Peruanas en Riesgo', un instrumento para luchar contra el floreciente tráfico ilegal de bienes culturales.

• UNESCO heritage award to Adelaide icon
  University of Adelaide News, Australie
  Conservation work on Adelaide's historic Bonython Hall has earned the University of Adelaide international recognition, winning an Award of Merit in the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards in Bangkok, Thailand.

• Fossils belong to new great ape
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Liz Seward: Nine fossilised teeth found in Ethiopia are from a previously unknown species of great ape, Nature journal reports.

21 août

• Exhibition Highlights Shared Heritage Of Islam, Judaism, Christianity
  RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
  Jan Jun: Conflicts among the "Abrahamic faiths" of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have shaped the history and culture of much of the world for centuries. But a new exhibition at London's British Library is highlighting their similarities in a bid to promote mutual respect and understanding.

• Los mayas también comían yuca
  BBC Mundo
  Antropólogos descubren un campo de cultivo de yuca entre las ruinas de una ciudad maya de El Salvador.

• Le manioc figurait au menu des Mayas
  Nouvel Obs.com, France
  Des archéologues ont découvert en Amérique centrale les vestiges d’un champ de manioc, première preuve formelle de la culture et de la consommation de cette racine par les Mayas.

• Archaeologists find oldest human footprint in Egypt
  Mathaba.net
  Archaeologists found the human footprint, imprinted on mud and then hardened into rock, while exploring a prehistoric site in Siwa, a desert oasis in Egypt.

20 août

• Hurricane Threatens Heart of Maya Land
  The Guardian, Royaume-Uni
  Mark Stevenson (AP): The heart of Maya culture was in Dean's path on Monday - dozens of historical sites including the stunning seaside ruins of Tulum and a temple where oppressed Mayas said they found divine inspiration for a 19th-century uprising.

• Call for urgent action to save heritage
  ABC News Online, Australie
  Hobart's Lord Mayor is calling for all levels of government to work to save Tasmania's heritage buildings.

• What are we to do with heritage white elephants?
  INQ7.net, Philippines
  Augusto Villalon: Despite the growing campaign to save Philippine heritage, the honest truth is that a lot (or most) of the heritage structures we campaign to save are really white elephants.

• Benin : L'Assemblée nationale vote une loi pour la protection du patrimoine culturel
  Africa online
  Amour Gbovi: Les députés ont voté à l'unanimité le vendredi 17 août dernier, un projet de loi portant protection du patrimoine culturel et du patrimoine naturel à caractère culturel en République du Bénin.

• Benin passes law to protect cultural heritage
  Africa online
  The Beninese parliament Friday adopted a bill on the protection of its cultural and natural heritages, APA noted here.

• Lutte contre le transfert international illicite de biens : Le Bénin se dote d’une loi pour protéger son patrimoine culturel
  DiWalf Fadjri, Senegal
  Le Parlement béninois a adopté vendredi nuit, à l’unanimité des députés présents, un projet de loi portant protection de son patrimoine culturel et de son patrimoine naturel à caractère culturel, a constaté Apa.

• Ramón Oviedo: Un auténtico patrimonio cultural
  Diario Digital, Republique Dominicaine
  Faustino Pérez: Segundo Reynoso y Arid Mejía no se equivocaron, cuando en letra de molde fueron los pioneros en llamarle a Ramón Oviedo maestro, en la década de los años 70. Ya para aquella época Oviedo se perfilaba como un gran artista, a raíz de su incorporación tardía a la plástica dominicana, y continuó evolucionando hasta convertirse hoy en día en un auténtico patrimonio cultural nacional viviente.

19 août

• Pide director de la UNESCO preservar patrimonio cultural subacuático
  El Financiero, Mexique
  El director general de la UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, subrayó la "necesidad urgente" de proteger el patrimonio cultural subacuático, en un artículo publicado este domingo en el diario español El País.

17 août

• Climate Change Threatens European Landmarks
  NPR, United States
  European researchers are now warning that severe damage from desertification and intense rains could pose to a threat to cultural heritage sites such as the Tower of London, the historic center of Prague and the ancient temples of Greece. In Rome, the Tiber River flows below the Church of the Knights of Malta on the Aventine Hill. On the other bank is the 15th century building of San Michele, headquarters of the U.N.-backed International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property. Unit director Joseph King says that extreme changes in weather patterns could produce flooding, damaging not only individual buildings, but the city's entire urban fabric.

• La 3ème édition des Portes du temps est un succès
  TV5 Monde, France
  Plus de 35 000 jeunes de 4 à 17 ans accompagnés de leurs animateurs ont déjà franchi les Portes du Temps 2007, dans leur grande majorité pour la première fois. Presque 60% d'entre eux sont issus de quartiers urbains sensibles et 40% ne partent pas en vacances. A mi-parcours, l'édition 2007 se révèle déjà un succès. Elle permet, en effet, à ces jeunes de découvrir, dans le cadre de la politique de la ville, un haut lieu du patrimoine culturel, parmi 14 sites emblématiques de l'histoire de France tout en y favorisant l'accès par des activités artistiques.
  

16 août

• Ancient UAE was an active trading hub
  Xpress, Royaume-Uni
  Derek Baldwin: An expert panel of archaeologists from around the world now claim the Arabian Peninsula – long thought to be a barren wasteland from around 5,000BC – was home to developed settlements during the same period.

• Fossiles contrariants
  Nouvel Obs.com, France
  La découverte de deux squelettes, près d’un lac Kenyan, remet en cause les hypothèses sur l’origine des premiers représentants du genre Homo.

• Comunidades de Caño Amarillo y El Calvario rescatan patrimonio histórico
  Radio Nacional de Venezuela
  El presidente del Instituto de Patrimonio Cultural, José Manuel Rodríguez, informó que las comunidades de Caño Amarillo y El Calvario reconocen la importancia del proyecto histórico-arqueológico del núcleo de desarrollo endógeno del eje turístico El Calvario.

• Congo-Kinshasa: Stage cinématographique à Matadi - Les participants pour la visibilité de leur patrimoine
  All Africa.com
  L'Espace culturel Liak' Likumbi vient d'organiser, du 6 au 10 août dernier à Matadi, au Bas-Congo, une formation sur le traitement de l'image.

15 août

• Metropolis: Angkor, the world's first mega-city
  The Independent, United Kingdom
  Kathy Marks: The discovery that the famous Cambodian temple complex sits in the midst of a vast settlement the size of London, which flourished until the 15th century, has astounded archaeologists - but also baffled them: why did it disappear?

• El legado de Mistral pasa a Chile
  BBC Mundo.com
  Unas cien cajas con pertenencias y documentos inéditos de la escritora chilena Gabriela Mistral, Premio Nobel de Literatura, que se encontraban en EE.UU. pasan a manos del gobierno de Chile.

14 août

• Musée des civilisations : « Vacances utiles » pour les enfants !
  Top Visages.net
  Pour bien amorcer les vacances et occuper sainement les enfants pendant cette période, le musée des civilisations de Côte d’Ivoire a initié durant un mois des activités cultuelles afin d’éduquer et d’instruire nos enfants sur le riche patrimoine culturel ivoirien.

• Map reveals ancient urban sprawl
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  The great medieval temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia was once at the centre of a sprawling urban settlement, according to a new, detailed map of the area.

• Angkor, la grande
  Nouvel Obs.com, France
  Cachée sous la végétation se trouve les vestiges du plus grand ensemble urbain du monde antique. Difficile d’accès, cette zone a été révélée grâce à des photographies aériennes et des relevés de radars.

13 août

• Matsuura: al contemplar primeros minutos entendí por qué Festa es Patrimonio
  Terra, Espagne
  El director general de la UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, dijo hoy sentirse 'muy emocionado y muy impresionado' tras contemplar el último ensayo general del Misteri d'Elx, e indicó que sólo con ver 'los primeros cinco minutos' de la representación entendió por qué la Festa fue declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad.

• French museums agency established to progress Louvre Abu Dhabi
  Al Bawada
  A powerful new agency, represented by some of the most prominent cultural personalities in France, has been formed to steer the development of the planned Louvre Abu Dhabi, which is to be built in the Cultural District of Saadiyat Island – just 500 metres offshore the capital of the United Arab Emirates.

12 août

• Tunisie: Tourisme intérieur- Mieux répondre aux exigences du touriste tunisien
  All Africa.com
  Le ministère du Tourisme a arrêté une stratégie nationale cohérente en vue de promouvoir et de développer le secteur du tourisme se basant essentiellement sur la valorisation du patrimoine culturel.

• Barbados, a maturing heritage and conservation environment
  Barbados Advocate, Barbade
  Speaking in great detail about what is considered to be a maturing environment for heritage and conservation, ICOM President and BMHS, Director, Allisandra Cummins drew reference to the incredible strides that have been and continue to be made on this small island.

• Mecca's Hallowed Skyline Transformed
  The Guardian, Royaume-Uni
  Salah Nasrawi (AP) : These days it's easier to find a Cinnabon in Mecca than the house where the Prophet Muhammad was born.

• Ancient forest found in Hungary
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  An ancient forest of cypress trees, estimated to be eight million years old, has been discovered in Hungary.

11 août

• Big Ben silenced for repair work
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  The world famous bongs of London's Big Ben fell silent this morning. Maintenance and cleaning work to the Westminster clock means the chimes will not be heard until September.

• Catálogo digitalizado sobre patrimonio artemiseño
  Artemisa digital, Cuba
  Un catálogo digitalizado sobre espacios y edificaciones de valor patrimonial, realizaron los especialistas del Departamento de Planeamiento, de la Dirección Municipal de Planificación Física de Artemisa, con el cual se crea una base de datos de gran acceso sobre la historia arquitectónica y urbanística del territorio.

10 août

• Looting fear as Iraqi state library seized
  The Guardian, Royaume-Uni
  Michael Howard in Irbil: Thousands of rare books and manuscripts in Iraq's national library and archive, one of the country's most important cultural institutions, are in peril after the occupation of the building by Iraqi security forces, the library's director said yesterday.

• The inspiration of this Utopian vision
  The Independent, Royaume-Uni
  Philip Hensher : The Unesco World Heritage Site programme seems an entirely benevolent one, and a programme run with intelligence and verve. It identifies and publicises places of natural beauty and examples of great works of art, but also moments of civilisation not attached to any particular name or of any obvious or conventional loveliness.

• Un cachet médiéval et un patrimoine à conserver
  Le Matin.ma, Maroc
  Les tanneries de l'ancienne Médina de Fès, avec leurs fosses multicolores et leur cachet médiéval, représentent un secteur d'attraction touristique par excellence (2,5 millions de touristes par an) et constitue également un ensemble de patrimoine culturel national qu'il faut conserver et valoriser.

• Con el fin de preservar el patrimonio audiovisual, se celebra mañana el "Día de las Películas Familiares"
  El Clarín.com, Argentina
  La jornada se realizará en el Centro Cultural Rojas, al mismo tiempo que en otras 200 ciudades del mundo. Con entrada gratuita, se emitirán las grabaciones antiguas en Super 8 y 16 milímetros que la gente lleve. El objetivo es crear conciencia sobre el valor de ese material.

• Universidad promueve restauración del patrimonio arquitectónico
  Universia, Pérou
  Reconocidos investigadores internacionales se reunirán, por iniciativa de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y el Instituto Getty de Conservación, en la Noche de Conferencias sobre Restauración del Patrimonio Arquitectónico.

• Descubren estatua de Adriano
  BBC Mundo, United Kingdom
  Partes de una colosal estatua, exquisitamente tallada, del emperador romano Adriano fueron encontradas en un sitio arqueológico de Turquía.

9 août

• Peru: Breakthrough on Machu Picchu items
  CNN, Unites States
  Yale University will for the first time provide Peru with an inventory of thousands of artifacts taken from Machu Picchu 90 years ago, Peruvian officials said Thursday, as they work to have the objects returned.

• Integrated plans needed to preserve heritage sites
  The Hindu, Inde
  Integrated plans are needed for the preservation of tourist sites in old Srinagar city, recently included in the 100 most endangered heritage sites of the world by World Monument Fund (WMF), its Technical director Mark Weber said.

• Perú y EE.UU. destacan éxitos a favor de Protección del Patrimonio Cultural
  RPP, Pérou
  Autoridades de Perú y Estados Unidos resaltaron los éxitos alcanzados en virtud a un acuerdo para la protección del Patrimonio Cultural de nuestro país, y anunciaron la próxima repatriación de un lote de más de 300 objetos arqueológicos recuperados en Miami, Estados Unidos, que ha sido posible precisamente gracias al mencionado convenio.

• Giant statue of Hadrian unearthed
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Parts of a huge, exquisitely carved statue of the Roman Emperor Hadrian have been found at an archaeological site in south-central Turkey.

• Time stands still
  BBC News Magazine, Royaume-Uni
  Denise Winterman : Engineering work starts on Big Ben on Saturday, silencing its famous chimes for a few weeks. But other public clocks have been stopped for much longer.

8 août

• Finds test human origins theory
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  James Urquhart : Two hominid fossils discovered in Kenya are challenging a long-held view of human evolution.

• Angkor - Protection du patrimoine et développement social
  Le Petit Journal, Cambodge
  En 1992, au sortir de la guerre, le site d’Angkor était inscrit sur la Liste du Patrimoine Mondial de l’UNESCO, en réponse à un appel pressant lancé quelques temps auparavant par celui qui était alors encore le Prince Norodom Sihanouk. La grande campagne de sauvegarde d’Angkor pouvait commencer. Retour sur 16 ans de combat pour la préservation d'un patrimoine unique.
  

• Réouverture du service des manuscrits de la bibliothèque
  Le Matin.ma, Maroc
  Le ministre de la Culture, Mohamed Achâari a procédé, mardi, à la réouverture du service des manuscrits de la bibliothèque de la Grande Mosquée de Meknès, après la restauration des manuscrits et leur mise en microfilms.

7 août

• Alexander's Gulf outpost uncovered
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Neil Arun: Alexander the Great's awe-inspiring conquest of Asia is drawing archaeologists to a desert island off the shores of Iraq.

• Illegally Exported Fossils Returned To Argentina
  Scoop, Nouvelle Zélande
  The Australian Government has shown a strong commitment to stopping the flow of illegally exported cultural heritage by formally returning 130 kilograms of seized dinosaur and plant fossils to His Excellency Mr Pedro Villagra Delgado, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic.

• Harare's counter-culture cafe
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Zimbabwe is a country in crisis and for a new generation astronomical inflation, empty supermarket shelves, fuel queues, power cuts, Aids, censorship and political violence have become the norm. But the Book Cafe is one of the places that make the capital city Harare so addictive, in spite of all the problems.

• Le gouvernement approuve le Programme national 2010 sur la culture
  Le Courrier du Vietnam
  Le Premier ministre Nguyên Tân Dung vient d'approuver le Programme national 2010 sur la culture qui mettra l'accent sur la préservation de la majorité des vestiges historiques et architecturaux de niveau national.

• China's Terracotta Army on the move
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  Quentin Sommerville: Emperor Qin Shihuang's army is on the move. Some of China's terracotta warriors are being loaned for a major exhibition at the British Museum in London.
  

6 août

• Famous fossil Lucy starts US tour
  BBC News, Royaume-Uni
  The oldest humanoid skeleton ever found has been taken out of Ethiopia for a controversial tour of American museums.

• Leonardo Lupiano presenta su octavo libro en rescate del patrimonio cultural de Tierra del Fuego
  Botella al Mar, Argentine
  El octavo libro del arquitecto Leonardo Lupiano se llama Patrimonio intangible del fin del mundo y será presentado el 10 de agosto en el salón de usos múltiples del Museo marítimo. El libro recoge el testimonio de antiguos pobladores durante las charlas que brindaron en Ushuaia para el rescate de la memoria de la ciudad.

• Archaeologists in Mexico City find first tomb of Aztec ruler
  The Guardian, Royaume-Uni
  Jo Tuckman : Archaeologists believe they have made the first discovery of a tomb of an Aztec ruler. Radar equipment suggests the tomb has several chambers and lies 5 metres (15ft) below ground in a major ceremonial site in the heart of Mexico City.

• Argentina recupera huevo de dinosaurio
  BBC Mundo, Royaume-Uni
  Pertenece a un Titanosaurus, pesa ocho kilos y pasó los primeros 72 millones de años de su vida en Argentina.

• Archaeologists discover 8-million-year-old forest in Hungary
  Yahoo News
  Geza Molnar : Archaeologists have found an eight-million-year old forest of cypresses, well preserved and not fossilised, in Bukkabrany in north eastern Hungary.

4 août

• Investigan el patrimonio arquitectónico de toda la Patagonia
  Rio Negro online, Argentine
  Un equipo de 15 profesionales avanza en el relevamiento y diagnóstico del patrimonio urbano y rural de la región en el marco de un trabajo que será experiencia piloto para mejorar la conservación de monumentos y edificios históricos.

• X-ray reveals lost Van Gogh work
  The Guardian, Royaume-Uni
  Art historians knew of Vincent Van Gogh's drawing, stored at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, but had always wondered whether it was a copy of a painting.

• Venezuela's four-legged mobile libraries
  BBC News , Royaume-Uni
  A university in Venezuela is using a novel method to take books into remote communities and encourage people to read. As James Ingham reports, the scheme is proving a great success.

3 août

• Protección del patrimonio cultural
  El Diario de Hoy, El Salvador
  Yanira Soundy : Este día repasaremos un poco el tema de las convenciones suscritas por nuestro país en materia de protección al patrimonio cultural.

2 août

• Getty to return Italian treasures
  BBC News
  The Getty Museum in Los Angeles agrees to hand back priceless antiquities which Italy says were looted.

• 3500 year old frescos discovered in the region of Batna
  Echorouk Online, Algérie
  An important archaeological discovery has been made recently in the region of Batna (east of Algeria) which consists in prehistoric frescos that date back to some 3500 years. Local experts are asking for the immediate intervention of the minister of culture to send international experts to study the site, because of the importance of this discovery.

• 5600-year-old tinder device unearthed
  People's Daily Online, Chine
  Archaeological staff recently unearthed a tinder device made in 5600 years ago in Luoyang, which was used as fire storage devices. This is the first discovery of tinder device made in the Neolithic Age. Experts said it helps us understand how people store tinder in the Neolithic Age 5,000-6,000 years ago.

• Beyond Mesopotamia: A radical new view of human civilization reported in Science
  EurekAlert!, Etats-Unis
  A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia, is reported by journalist Andrew Lawler in the Aug. 3 issue of Science.
  Contact: Natasha Pinol npinol (at) aas.org
  American Association for the Advancement of Science

1 août

• Difundirán exposición sobre riqueza del patrimonio ferroviario
  El Financiero en linea, Mexico
  Con el objeto de dar a concocer la riqueza del acervo que guarda el patrimonio cultural ferrocarrilero en México, el Centro de Documentación e Investigación Ferroviaria (CEDIF), que cumple 10 años de trabajo, iniciará en breve la tercera época de su boletín documental.

mise à jour : 25.08.2008