Heritage does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is carefully mediated by a billion-dollar industry that employs professionals with advanced degrees to manage, conserve, and interpret what we call culture. This is where Cultural Research Managers (CRM...
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Heritage does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is carefully mediated by a billion-dollar industry that employs professionals with advanced degrees to manage, conserve, and interpret what we call culture. This is where Cultural Research Managers (CRM...
Archaeologists and historians alike have long studied the ancient Iraqi city of Samarra. Spanning both banks of the Tigris, the once-Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate is perhaps one of the largest testaments to the grandeur of medieval Iraq. Besides t...
Archaeologists and historians alike have long studied the ancient Iraqi city of Samarra. Spanning both banks of the Tigris, the once-Capital of the Abbasid Caliphate is perhaps one of the largest testaments to the grandeur of medieval Iraq. Besides t...
Last week, the International Criminal Court found Islamic militant Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to nine years in prison. Al-Mahdi now joins the ranks of Jean-Pierre Bemba, Germain Katanga, and Thomas Lubanga Dyilo as ...
Last week, the International Criminal Court found Islamic militant Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to nine years in prison. Al-Mahdi now joins the ranks of Jean-Pierre Bemba, Germain Katanga, and Thomas Lubanga Dyilo as ...
In August of 2015, the Islamic State brutally destroyed the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, one of many such attacks on cultural treasures that figuratively and literally pierce the heart of the Middle East. In response to this tragedy, the arch from...
In August of 2015, the Islamic State brutally destroyed the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, one of many such attacks on cultural treasures that figuratively and literally pierce the heart of the Middle East. In response to this tragedy, the arch from...
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is unparalleled. Layer by layer, human history is being uncovered in the Holy Land. But these excavations are more than just an...
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is unparalleled. Layer by layer, human history is being uncovered in the Holy Land. But these excavations are more than just an...