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Syria Heritage Sites Inventory
This map identifies the locations of over 1000 well-preserved cultural heritage sites and museums in Syria. The map was produced by the U.S. Department of State’s Humanitarian Information Unit with data researched and supplied by the Cultural Heritage Center.
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Imagery of Archaeological Site Looting in Syria
These satellite images document the scale of destruction that looters continue to inflict on archaeological heritage sites during the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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Heritage in Peril: Iraq and Syria
U.S. Department of State and The Metropolitan Museum of Art held an event titled “Heritage in Peril: Iraq and Syria” amid the United Nations General Assembly week.
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American Exchange Alumni Work Together to Fight Trafficking
Forty American alumni of more than ten U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs came together in Washington, D.C. this month to expand on their experiences disrupting illicit trafficking networks, building resilient institutions and communities, and assisting victims and vulnerable populations.
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United States and Mali Extend Cultural Property Agreement, Include Protection for Manuscripts
The United States and Mali extended their Agreement to continue import restrictions on archaeological material from Mali.
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YLAI Fellows Begin Fellowships in the United States
Civil society leaders and entrepreneurs of the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) program from Latin America and the Caribbean convene in the United States to begin their individual fellowships in cities across the country.
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Cultural Property Advisory Committee Meeting October 23-24
The Cultural Property Advisory Committee will meet October 23-24 to consider the proposal to extend the U.S.-Cambodia cultural property agreement (or “Memorandum of Understanding”).
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Two Fulbright Alumni Receive 2017 Nobel Prizes
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs congratulates Fulbright Program alumni Dr. Michael Rosbash and Dr. Kip S. Thorne on their recent recognition as 2017 Nobel Laureates.