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Glacial Lake Floods Threaten Nepal Village, Ancient Monastery

August 03, 2011

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Halji village, located in northwestern Nepal’s remote Humla district, is a settlement of approximately 400 inhabitants. Best known for its 1000-year-old monastery, a potential World Heritage Site, the village has also become increasingly popular among trekkers due to its position at the end of the Great Himalayan Trail.

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Damaged Zuigan-ji Temple Shelters Earthquake and Tsunami Survivors

March 24, 2011

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Zuigan-ji, one of Japan’s most famous Buddhist temples, located in Matsushima, has been damaged as a result of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s eastern shores last week.

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European Parliament Calls on China to Halt Destruction of Ancient Kashgar

March 14, 2011

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In a resolution released Thursday, Members of the European Parliament (MEP) called on China to immediately stop the destruction threatening the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar and to carry out a comprehensive expert inquiry into culture-sensitive methods of renovation.

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Citizens, Conservationists in Beirut Rally to Protect Architectural Heritage

December 07, 2010

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Once charmingly referred to as the “Paris of the Middle East,” a more accurate comparison for today’s Beirut might be Dubai—that is, a city full of modern spires and rampant development.

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Railroad Construction Damages Pagodas in Archaeologically Important Myanmar Town

November 29, 2010

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Local residents in Mrauk U, Myanmar have voiced their concern over the construction of a new railroad that they say is damaging important cultural sites. Work on the railroad began November 7, and already sources say it has damaged or destroyed ancient pagodas, stupas, walls, strongholds, religious libraries, moats, and city walls.

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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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Ancient Silk Road City Set for Demolition, Development

October 12, 2010

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For centuries, China’s Kashgar prefecture has existed as a unique and historic region, set far apart from the rest of the country. Situated along China’s westernmost edge, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is a place whose population is made up mostly of Muslim Uighurs, and whose residents, for more than 2,000 years, have made their homes in rural areas.

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Bulldozer Destroys Historically Rich Heritage Site in Cambodia

September 28, 2010

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Last September, disturbing reports emerged from the rural Memot area in southeastern Cambodia: a 2,500-year-old archaeological site in Samrong Village had been bulldozed in a matter of hours, leaving behind no trace of the historic circular earthwork that could offer insight into some of the earliest human settlements in Cambodia.

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