La Directrice générale de l’UNESCO, Irina Bokova, a lancé aujourd’hui un appel en faveur de la protection du patrimoine culturel en Syrie. « A la suite d’un certain nombre de reportages faisant état des menaces qui pèsent sur le patrimoine culturel syrien en raison du conflit actuel, je souhaite faire part de ma profonde ...

[Uniquement en anglais] In the sacred place of Tenochtitlan, archaeologists from INAH-Conaculta (The Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History and the Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts), have found 23 tombstones over 550 years old, with etched images of snakes, prisoners, ornaments and warriors, which, as a whole, appears to depict the story alluding to the birth ...

[Uniquement en anglais] The International World Heritage Expert Meeting on Criterion (vi)  and associative values which took place in Warsaw, Poland, 28-30 March 2012, adopted its recommendations at a closing session today. The conclusions and recommendations will be presented to the 36th session of the World Heritage Committee in Saint Petersburg  June 2012. The meeting ...