“The financial resources available for restoration and conservation have always been negligible. Instead it is preferred to dig, rather than preserve what has already been discovered,” explained former superintendant of the ancient city, Pietro Giovanni Guzzo.The archaeological community faces a serious ethical problem here, as in Iraq and elsewhere, when limited resources are being misallocated in ways that support archaeological discovery but at the cost of leaving sites to the mercy of nature, looters, and tourists. Would a boycott on digging by archaeologists until and unless adequate funding for site conservation and protection is put in place do any good?
Historic Kyiv Burns as Russia Continues to Try to Eliminate Ukraine
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This is the scene in Kyiv early on 4 July. Putin launched a massive
bombardment of the Ukrainian capital immediately after his call with Trump.
Note, the...
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