From the Ashes: Salvaging Yemen’s Destroyed Past through the Kaplan RPI Program
Local volunteers excavating through rubble to find objects buried under the destruction of Yemen’s Dhamar Museum. This CAORC Field Note...
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May 23, 2019
Preserving Cairo’s Islamic Tiles: The Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Monuments Project
A member of the Al-Darb Al-Ahmar Monuments Project photographs the blue-tiled walls of Cairo’s Blue Mosque. In this essay, Hayam Ahmed...
Jan 2, 2019
Mending the Mosaics of the Byzantine Church of Khirbet et-Tireh
This beautiful mosaic floor adorning a Byzantine-era church at the site of Khirbet et-Tireh near Jerusalem was preserved thanks to...
Aug 22, 2018
Stabilizing and Maintaining the Endangered World Heritage Site of Cyrene
Conservators with the Libyan Department of Antiquities clean and consolidate mosaics at the UNESCO World Heritage site of Cyrene. In this...
Jul 20, 2018
CAORC-Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative Meets Urgent Heritage Threats in the Middle East
CAORC’s Responsive Preservation Initiative helps preserve cultural heritage sites across the Middle East that are under urgent threat....
Jun 13, 2018
Preserving and Modelling Egypt’s Wadi el-Hudi for the World
Fig. 1: An aerial view of the well-preserved but now threatened mining site of Wadi el-Hudi in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. Photo courtesy the...
May 24, 2018
Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative Helps Conserve Precious Bronze Age Cargo
Conservator Asu Selen Özcan photographs a Bronze Age copper ingot recovered more than 50 years ago from the Cape Gelidonya shipwreck off...
May 3, 2018
Call for Applications: Grants to Preserve Yemen's Cultural Heritage
CAORC is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Kaplan Responsive Preservation Initiative (RPI). The program is designed...
Mar 27, 2018
Grantees Announced: RPI for Cultural Heritage Resources Program
CAORC is pleased to announce the second round of award recipients for the Responsive Preservation Initiative for Cultural Heritage...
Feb 9, 2018
AIAS Organizes Exhibit of Afghan Paintings: "Splendors of Medieval Timurid Art of Afghanistan"
Press Release from the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies: The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS) is pleased to...
Dec 6, 2017
CAORC Announces RPI for Cultural Heritage Resources Program Awardees
CAORC is pleased to announce the first award recipients for the Responsive Preservation Initiative for Cultural Heritage Resources. The...
Mar 8, 2016
ARCE Archaeologists and Projects Featured in new USAID Video
Check out this beautiful short film from USAID/Egypt entitled, "The Sons of Luxor: Unearthing Egypt's past for a brighter future,"...
Jun 9, 2015
ACOR Director Participates in Special Visit to Umm al Jimal by U.S. Ambassador to Jordan
At the invitation of the U.S. Embassy, American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) Director Barbara Porter participated on 9 June 2015 in...
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