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Improving Heritage and Community in Romania

Kiln Instructor Last week, Global Heritage Fund launched its first crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.com, an international funding website. The crowdfunding platform allows our donors and supporters to give as little as $10 and still…

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Added by GHF: Heritage on the Wire on April 16, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Please Visit My Research Websites and Profiles

Your work at GHN is vital to preserving our archaeological heritage. To learn more about what I am doing, please visit me through any of the following channels:

My Field Research (Huaricanga Archaeological Research Project)

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Added by Matthew Piscitelli on April 2, 2013 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

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Fresh excavations to start at largest Harappan site

ByNeha Madaan, TNN | Mar 3, 2013, 02.00 AM IST



PUNE: After a gap of 13 years, excavation work will start once again at Rakhigarhi, estimated to be the largest Harappan civilization site located in Hisar district of Haryana. This early Harappan settlement, considered bigger than Mohenjo-daro, was listed among the 10 most endangered heritage sites in Asia just last year by the Global Heritage Fund, which is, incidentally,…

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Added by Bhimsingh Malhan on March 29, 2013 at 8:32pm — No Comments

2013 Project Workplans: An Exciting Year Ahead

2013 will be a great year for GHF Projects, with lots of progress planned.  In brief:

 

At Mirador, Guatemala, conservation will focus on consolidating the Popol Vuh frieze and constructing a shelter over it for protection in addition to stabilizing and conserving three other ancient structures at the site.  Community development efforts, meanwhile, will continue with support of…

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Added by GHF: Heritage on the Wire on March 29, 2013 at 9:43am — No Comments

Global Heritage Fund Adds Three New GHF Projects in 2013

Global Heritage Fund (GHF) is happy to announce the addition of three new GHF Projects to begin in 2013: the Carpathian Villages Preservation Project in Transylvania, Romania; the Citadel Henry in Haiti; and the Minority Villages of Guizhou, China. The action expands the GHF Project portfolio to a total of nine, representing work in eight countries in the developing world.

 

The Carpathian Villages Preservation…

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Added by GHF: Heritage on the Wire on March 29, 2013 at 9:41am — No Comments

Introducing New GHF Board of Trustees Member, Tony Wheeler

Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet and a trustee of the Planet Wheeler Foundation, joined the GHF Board of Trustees in February. We're very excited to have him involved with GHF, and Tony was kind enough to answer a few questions so that we could all get to know him better and learn more about his shared passion for global heritage sites and world travel. Welcome to the Board, Tony!

 

As avid and…

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Added by GHF: Heritage on the Wire on March 29, 2013 at 9:30am — No Comments

GHF Executive Director Dr. Vince Michael visits Ciudad Perdida



What qualities of urban design could this "Lost City" of the Tayrona people in rural Colombia possibly have in common with our modern metropolises of today, you ask?

Our Executive Director, Dr. Vince Michael, writes about his most recent trip to the GHF Project at Ciudad Perdida in this new blog post:

Ciudad Perdida: The…

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Added by GHF: Heritage on the Wire on March 21, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Heritage Update

A section of Lijiang Old Town, a former GHF Project, was destroyed March 11th by a fire that broke out around 8:30pm. No casualties have been reported, but the damage does mean significant economic loss for the region, one of China's most popular domestic tourist destinations.



More on the fire in Lijiang: …

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Added by Global Heritage Network on March 13, 2013 at 12:19pm — No Comments

TEMPLES OF JAINISM IN THARPARKER, PAKISTAN

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Added by Naeem Uddin Ahmed on March 4, 2013 at 9:55pm — No Comments

UNDISCOVERED (TREASURES) SITES OF MAYA CIVILIZATION

THERE IS STILL A LOT OF RUINS OF MAYA CIVILIZATION WHICH ARE UNDISCOVERED TILL NOW .

AND I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE BEST TREASURE FOR THIS AND NEXT GENERATIONS. A LOT OF WORK WOULD BE DONE IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.

IN PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE SEEN A DOCUMENTRY SERIES ON ONE OF BBC CHANNEL.

IN WHICH PRESENTER SHOWS SOME IMAGES FORM SATELLITES THAT CLARIFY THE REGION WHERE MAYA CIVILIZATION UNDISCOVERED RUINS ARE…

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Added by Naeem Uddin Ahmed on March 4, 2013 at 9:14pm — No Comments

Fresh excavations to start at largest Harappan siteByNeha Madaan, TNN | Mar 3, 2013, 02.00 AM IST PUNE: After a gap of 13 years, excavation work will start once again at Rakhigarhi, estimated to be …

Fresh excavations to start at largest Harappan site

ByNeha Madaan, TNN | Mar 3, 2013, 02.00 AM IST



PUNE: After a gap of 13 years, excavation work will start once again at Rakhigarhi, estimated to be the largest Harappan civilization site located in Hisar district of Haryana. This early Harappan settlement, considered bigger than Mohenjo-daro, was listed among the 10 most endangered heritage sites in Asia just last year by the Global Heritage Fund, which is, incidentally,…

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Added by Bhimsingh Malhan on March 2, 2013 at 9:33pm — No Comments

Conference on Protection of Cultural Property in Asia” from 15th – 18th

 

CALL FOR PAPERS
MINISTRY OF HOME AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
International Conference on “Protection of Cultural property in Asia”
 
The Ministry of Home and Cultural…
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Added by Global Heritage Network on January 10, 2013 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Just Released: UNESCO Conservation Guidelines for Pingyao Courtyards

The People's Government of Pingyao County and UNESCO have, in association with Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute, Global Heritage Fund and others, just released a detailed set of conservation guidelines. They are comprised of a system of practical instructions for the preservation and restoration of Pingyao's historic dwellings, and were developed in order to better protect the World Heritage of the ancient city of Pingyao with its traditional residential courtyards and…

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Added by Global Heritage Network on December 3, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

FOTOS DEL DR. SCHAVELZON CON JIMENEZ BORJA. (REGISTRO FOTOGRAFICO 1957 - 1958)

Estimados:

El presente link es un recuento de fotos del Dr. Schavelzon (arqueologo argentino (especialista en arqueologia colonial) que por esos destinos de la vida  tiene un registro fotografico con Jimenez Boja y sus intervenciones en Pachacamac espero que las disfruten existe un texto de su padre por que fue el quien acompaño a al Dr. Jimenez Borja.

Para reflexionar.

Ahi va el link e inclusive hay un articulo del padre del arqueologo Schavelzon y sus viaje con Jimenez…

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Added by jorge aching vasquez on November 27, 2012 at 5:09pm — 1 Comment

SANTUARIO ARQUEOLOGICO DE PACHACAMAC TENDRA NUEVA RUTA TURISTICA.

Pachacamac, santuario arqueológico administrado por el Ministerio de Cultura, ha inaugurado la “Ruta de los Peregrinos”, un nuevo circuito turístico que permitirá a sus visitantes recorrer el mismo camino que realizaban los viajeros provenientes de distintas partes del país hace más de 500 años.

Arqueólogos del Ministerio de Cultura trabajaron durante más de dos años para rehabilitar esta ruta, que alcanza los 1250…

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Added by jorge aching vasquez on November 24, 2012 at 6:54pm — No Comments

No World Heritage Site Safe in Syria

By Emma Cunliffe, November 2012

Aleppo under threat: Shellings of an ancient khan in the old town of Aleppo (Video source: Le patrimoine archéologique syrien en danger Facebook group)

As one of the landmarks of Middle Eastern culture since ancient times, Syria is home to some of…

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Added by Global Heritage Network on November 19, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

Project Progress at Göbekli Tepe, Turkey

The monumental site of Göbekli Tepe in Southern Turkey is the focus of one Global Heritage Fund's largest conservation projects. Below are a few of the latest accomplishments of the project.…

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Added by Global Heritage Network on October 10, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

Fire destroys historic souk in Aleppo's Old City

The historic covered market (souk), "is one of the centrepieces of Aleppo's Old City, listed by the UN cultural organisation as a world heritage site since 1986. With more than 1,550…

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Added by Global Heritage Network on October 1, 2012 at 10:30am — No Comments

rakhigarhi ghs

              Yesterday I  met some youth who are involved in village current affairs .I  told them about ghn and the activity of

rakhigarhi site .we discuss how we can stop looting of artifacts .help  excavation team .

          We are waiting when excavation on.We all dicide to stop further encroechment .We want to support every one who

invovld in this site .

Added by Bhimsingh Malhan on September 16, 2012 at 11:31pm — No Comments

added photos

Friends I posted some photographs on my page .All of these photos related from my village rakhigarhi

Added by Bhimsingh Malhan on September 15, 2012 at 10:26pm — No Comments

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