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The British Museum of London pays tribute to Pompeii and Herculaneum, the two cities that in 79 A.D. , were buried by the eruption of Vesuvius. It will be the show more impressive of the last forty years. All this thanks to the sponsorship of the Goldman Sachs, and especially the collaboration of the Archaeological Superintendence of Naples and Pompeii.
Read more: Pompeii and Herculaneum landing to the British Museum
Cremonese violin craftsmanship is highly renowned for its traditional process of fashioning and restoring violins, violas, cellos and contrabasses.
The 2013 is the Year of the italian culture in the United States. The initiative, inaugurated in Washington by our Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Giulio Terzi, aims to promote across the Atlantic the art, language and literature, the cinema, theater, music, science and research, the design and the taste of Italy with a program of 180 events involving forty American cities, with New York, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco in the first row.
Read more: The year of the italian culture in the Usa, 180 events in 40 cities
Mali has entered the November 15, 2012 II Additional Protocol of 26 March 1999 to the Hague Convention.
Read more: The Mali accesses the II Additional Protocol to the Convention of the Hague
Google Art Project grows: the design of the search engine that allows you to virtually visit some of the most prestigious museum collections of the world broadens its offering with 29 other museums, of which four Italians.
West Africa, especially the Sahel, is facing a renewed threat of illicit trafficking of cultural property.
Read more: Intensifying the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property in West Africa
The Libyan interim interior minister has resigned, after members of the newly-elected parliament accused his ministry of not doing enough to stop attackers who bulldozed a Sufi shrine and mosque.
ISLAMABAD (AP) Saturday, July 7, 2012
Pakistani police seized a large number of ancient Buddhist sculptures that smugglers were attempting to spirit out of the country and sell for millions of dollars on the international antiquities market, officials said Saturday.
Read more: Buddhist relics worth millions seized in Pakistan
The work of the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee ended Friday, July 6, 2012. We invite you to visit the web page of the UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST that contains the list of Properties included in the list.
New Inscribed Properties - 2012
UNESCOPRESS - 23.05.2012
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today called for the protection of Libya’s Old City of Ghadamès inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1986.
Read more: Director-General concerned about attacks on World Heritage site of Ghadamès (Libya)
UNESCOPRESS - 22.05.2012
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, today extended her condolences to the inhabitants of northern Italy for the loss of human life and suffering caused by the earthquake that shook the region on May 20.
Read more: UNESCO monitors damage to heritage in northern Italy following powerful earthquake
Dr. Tabita, archaeologist orientalist and President of the Regional Section of Sicily SIPBC ONLUS, has reported a series of movies filmed in Syrian territory, documenting the bombing of the castle of Qala'at at Madiq, UNESCO World Heritage site. Remember that Syria is actually part of the Convention of 1954 and the I Protocol and has signed, but not yet ratified, the II Protocol.
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