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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 décembre

• Iran plans to restore Sassanid king’s statue
  Tehran Times, Iran
  A statue of the Sassanid king Shapur I (241–272 CE) will be restored in the near future if Iranian cultural officials provide the necessary funding.

• Degas artwork stolen from museum
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  An artwork by Impressionist artist Edgar Degas has been stolen from a Marseilles museum, police have said.

30 décembre

• Picasso toy guitar found in Italy
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Italian police have found a toy guitar sculpture created by Pablo Picasso for his daughter Paloma, which had been kept in a shoe box by a businessman.

29 décembre

• The Iccrom General Assembly
  The Independent, Malta
  Dr Ray Bondin was elected one of the three vice-presidents of the International Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Iccrom) that was held in Rome by the representatives of around eight countries that were represented at the General Assembly, held at FAO, of Iccrom, an organisation set up by Unesco to organise training courses in heritage.

27 décembre

• News from Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka (best seen MS Explorer)
  Interview: Gamini Wijersuriya

21 décembre

• Excavation Sites Show Distinct Living Areas Early in Stone Age
  New York Times, United States
  John Noble Wilford: Archaeology is not only a search for the possessions, skills and beliefs of ancient cultures. It is also about living spaces.

18 décembre

• Rock Art Redefines ‘Ancient’
  New York Times, United States
  David Page: We were inside Restricted Area R-505 of the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, rolling in a minivan across the vast salt pan of an extinct Pleistocene lake on our way to see a renowned collection of ancient rock art.

• L' Aquila, emergenza restauri
  Corriere della Sera, Italia
  Dieci miliardi per una rinascita rispettosa dell' identità storica Un intervento selettivo La conoscenza storica e scientifica dovrà dettare le procedure per tutte le operazioni di recupero.

3 décembre

• Destacan el rol del Estado como tutor del patrimonio cultural
  El Clarín, Argentina
  El Seminario Regional sobre Tráfico Ilícito y Restitución de Bienes Culturales en América Latina que, organizado por la Cancillería y la Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación, comenzó el lunes y termina hoy. Los expertos también señalaron la importancia de la cooperación mundial.

3 décembre

• Timbuktu's ancient salt caravans under threat
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Andrew Harding: With a long, gurgling groan, Lakhmar fell awkwardly to his knees in the roasting hot sand outside the town of Timbuktu.

1 décembre

• Returning England's finest cathedrals to their former glory
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  England's great cathedrals need another £100m of repairs over the next decade despite a spending programme of £250m since 1991, English Heritage has said. It has just granted £250,000 to Lincoln Cathedral for vital work.

mise à jour : 14.05.2010