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ICOMOS Releases New Heritage At Risk Report

May 18, 2011

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The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) recently released Heritage at Risk, a global report on endangered monuments and sites around the world.

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War in Afghanistan Jeopardizes Heritage of Several Sites in Region

December 03, 2010

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The conflict in Afghanistan has placed several historic cities and buildings in grave danger from a heritage standpoint. With all eyes focused on the war, ancient Middle Eastern history has suffered from a lack of preservation effort.

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Afghan Archaeologists Trying to Salvage Ancient Monastery, But Running Out of Time

November 16, 2010

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About 20 miles south of Kabul, in an abandoned Soviet copper mine, lies Mes Aynak, a former Al-Qaeda training camp where Afghan and French archaeologists are working furiously to salvage a recently-discovered Buddhist religious site. The site, called Tepe Kafiriat, is estimated to be 2,600 years old and contains both ruins of an ancient monastery and domed shrines known as “stupas.”

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