UNESCO has defined cultural heritage as the tangible objects (artefacts, museums, monuments, etc) and intangible assets (practices, knowledge, skills, etc) that have symbolic, historic, ethnological ...
In early May 2022, Russian forces fired a munition that struck a museum complex including the final home of the 18th-century Ukrainian philosopher and poet Hryhorii Skovoroda. The attack sparked a ...
Cambodian and international authorities have made major efforts over the last few decades to improve the preservation of that ...
More than 70 international experts from 42 countries across the world, gathered for an in-depth reflection over two days to consider ways to measure cultural heritage in the context of climate change ...
Recent events in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Mali have highlighted the multiple threats to cultural heritage during crisis, including deliberate attacks, destruction as collateral damage in fighting, the ...
Leila A. Amineddoleh founded a law firm specializing in art, cultural heritage and intellectual property law. Amineddoleh & Associates LLC In recent years, the tangled web of looted art, dealers and ...
The bombing and shelling of populated cities, towns, and villages produces horrific humanitarian consequences. In recent armed conflicts—in Gaza, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, and ...