Category Archives: Protection and destruction

How can sites be protected and how are they destroyed, what’s happening, what can we do and what does it mean.

The Cleansing of Mosul

Posted on June 8, 2016 by

Originally posted on Gates of Nineveh: An Experiment in Blogging Assyriology:
As the focus has shifted to Palmyra, relatively little media attention has been paid over the past several months to ISIS’ continued destruction of cultural sites in and around…

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Does the Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill matter for archaeology outside the UK?

Posted on May 28, 2016 by

Changes to UK legislation will have a negative effect on attitudes to and protection of archaeology overseas? Continue reading →

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