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Pak uses cement to conserve Vedic-era Taxila, gets Unesco delisting warning
8+ min ago (1009+ words) Pak uses cement to conserve Vedic-era Taxila, gets Unesco warning India Today...
UNESCO warns Pakistan Restore Taxila sites or risk losing World Heritage Status
56+ min ago (200+ words) According to a report by Dawn, UNESCO raised the issue during a recent meeting with senior Pakistani government officials. Sources said the agency clearly stated that it would not hesitate to remove the site's World Heritage status. It referred to…...
Pak uses cement to conserve Vedic-era Taxila, gets Unesco warning
21+ min ago (718+ words) The intervention of Pakistan in the ancient archaeological complex of Taxila has come under scrutiny after Unesco, the cultural arm of the United Nations, warned Islamabad over "conservation work" at the Vedic-era site, which is one of South Asia's most…...
UNESCO Warns Pakistan: Reverse Taxila Alterations or Risk World Heritage Status
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (279+ words) UNESCO has warned Pakistan to reverse recent reconstructions at Taxila World Heritage sites Mohra Moradu and Sirkap or face potential delisting. UNESCO warns Pakistan over conservation work at Taxila World Heritage sites. Building alterations at Mohra Moradu and Sirkap raise…...
This Virtual Closet Lets You Browse 1000+ Criterion Collection Films
3+ hour, 37+ min ago (141+ words) If you miss video stores, check out this cool web app. The entire library of the Criterion Collection, featuring over 1000 contemporary and classic films, was transformed into a walk-in virtual closet, where you can click on the title and learn…...
Greece completely restores Parthenon's western pediment after two centuries
5+ hour ago (811+ words) Visitors to the Parthenon will finally be able to view the monument's complete western pediment for the first time in approximately 220 years, since before the founding of the modern Greek state. The external scaffolding hiding the Parthenon's western face was…...
Ministry of Culture: Greece is ready to provide funds for the restoration of the Lavra - " " "
6+ hour, 57+ min ago (335+ words) The Greek ambassador confirmed Athens' readiness to consider financial participation in the restoration of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. On July 1, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Berezhna and the Greek Ambassador to Ukraine Pantelis Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos discussed support for the restoration…...
Vatican begins 5-year, 5-million-euro restoration of Renaissance frescoes in Hall of Raphael
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (679+ words) The conservation work marks "a pivotal moment both in the history of restoration and in the history of Italian Renaissance art," according to Vatican Museums Director Barbara Jatta. The Vatican Museums has launched an ambitious restoration to the frescoes of…...
Stryiskyi Park in Lviv welcomes REPLUS BUREAU's sensitive restoration of a century-old pavilion, now home to Lviv Croissants. ..
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (196+ words) Lviv " Eating Out There's something satisfying about a building that refuses to fade into history. In Lviv's Stryiskyi Park, one of the city's best-loved green spaces, a pavilion first built in 1928 has been given a thoughtful new chapter by Ukrainian…...
Urartu's 2, 800-Year-Old Love Canal Still Flows in Van " and Its Name Leads to Queen Tariria
18+ hour, 1+ min ago (636+ words) The 2, 800-year-old "amran Canal in Van, built by Urartian King Minua, still carries the story of Queen Tariria, a royal garden, and one of ancient Anatolia's greatest waterworks. In eastern T'rkiye, the "amran Canal is more than an ancient waterway....