Merry Wanderer of the Night [02/20/16] 

  • Middle East: UN force needed to protect ancient sites from Isis

    Italy’s culture minister has called for the creation of a UN peacekeeping force to protect the world’s heritage sites, following the destruction of ancient cities in Iraq by Islamic State (Isis) militants.The Hatra ruins in Iraq, which have reportedly been demolished by Isis militants, who have also looted artefacts from Nimrud an…

  • India: Ezhuthala paintings fading away with time

    The Ezhuthala cave paintings, said to be one of the most beautiful depictions in red ochre of the prehistoric era in the country, are being ruined by the ravages of time in the absence of scientific preservation and protection.The Ezhuthala cave, inside forests in the Marayur sandalwood division, has one of the four cave paintings…

  • Heritage: Skopje museum staff guilty of trafficking artefacts

    The former head of FYROM's biggest museum has been found guilty of stealing antiquities from the museum's storage area and sentenced to nearly nine years in prison.The 'Museum of Macedonia' in central Skopje [Credit: WikiCommons]A court in the capital Skopje convicted another six people Friday, including two more former museum off…

  • Southern Europe: Experts criticize Altamira cave reopening to public

    The cave paintings of the Altamira caves in the northern Spain region Cantabria, one of the most important in the world and recognized as World Heritage, will be put at risk by the reopening of them to the public.Bison from the Cave of Altamira in Spain, considered the Sistine Chapel of cave painting [Credit: The Gallery Colection…