Kaplan RPI Program Supports Restoration of Yemen’s Islamic Heritage
Through the RPI program, the Daw’an MudBrick Architecture Foundation is restoring an Islamic shrine damaged during Yemen’s ongoing conflict.
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Aug 11, 2020
Yemen Finds Hope in Its Heritage
Yemen’s heritage professionals are providing hope that the country’s shared past will prove far more durable than its current divisions.
Jun 4, 2019
Saving Syria’s Archaeological Treasures, One Object at a Time
Documenting pottery recovered from an ancient burial cave near Idlib, Syria. In June 2015, when the Syrian civil war was raging across...
Feb 27, 2019
CAORC Co-Sponsors Event "Culture at Risk – Yemen's Heritage Under Threat"
AIYS President Daniel Varisco gave the event’s opening presentation, which introduced the audience to the history, peoples, and cultures...
Jan 17, 2019
Preserving Historic North African Crossroads: RPI Program Supports Urgent Documentation of Morocco
The towering entrance, known locally as Imi n Zawiya, to the traditional Moroccan Berber village of Aguddim, nestled in the beautiful...
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...
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...
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