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...
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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...
Aug 13, 2018
Mellon Supports CAORC Planning Workshop on Arts and Humanities in the Maghrib
This September, thanks to an Officer’s Planning Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, CAORC will host the three-day workshop,...
Aug 9, 2018
CAORC Awarded Carnegie Corporation Grant to Support North African Scholarship
The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is pleased to announce a new program on critical research and scholarship in...
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...
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...
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