New Report on Damage to Syria’s Cultural Heritage
GHN member and Durham University PhD student Emma Cunliffe has prepared a comprehensive summary of the known damage to cultural heritage sites in Syria. Titled “Damage to the Soul: Syria’s Cultural Heritage in Conflict,” the report draws from a number of sources to present a picture of the destruction – from looting to shelling – that is afflicting cultural heritage sites as a result of the ongoing conflict in the country.
Click here to read the full report.
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Comment by Emma Cunliffe on June 26, 2012 at 2:50am -
Just to add, a lot of the information in this report is shared by this group:
https://www.facebook.com/Archeologie.syrienne,
in particular most of the imagery from YouTube, and some of the photos. If you are using any of the images from this report, please make sure to give them credit, as specified in the Information Sources section.
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