Fascinating story on the fabled site at Carcemish, on the Turkey/Syria border. Its precarous position has paradoxically meant it was protected by mines meant to deter aggression but happily also deterring looters. Now archaeologists are getting overhead shots by sending up kites. Now all we need are cameras that can upload those images automatically so kiteflying citizens can crowdsource site monitoring.
From Viking Silver to Washington: Who Gets to Decide What Survives?
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It has been an unusually revealing week for cultural heritage law. In Iran,
conservators are racing to stabilize historic buildings damaged during the
war....
5 days ago
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