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Heritage Protection and Local Communities in a Period of Financial Crisis

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Abstract The current article is reviewing the protection of cultural heritage. Focus is given on local communities and the period after the financial crisis. Firstly, …

Heritage, Opinion

Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Development

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Abstract The article examines the matter of cultural tourism and sustainable development. Culture is a set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of …

Arts and Crafts, Community, Traditions

Murshidabad Heritage Festival on 28th and 29th January 2017

December 15, 2016December 16, 2016

Murshidabad Heritage Development Society (MHDS) is a nonprofit organization, which has been conceived by the rich legacy of the region, born out of the …

Discover, Heritage, Underwater

Iceland Underwater Heritage – sky is not the limit

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

Icelandic underwater heritage has long been neglected and some works was done?only in the 21st century to discover its roots buried deep in the sea …

Heritage, Stories, Underwater

Shipwreck and Massacre: The Bloody Battle of Batavia

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

The wreck of the Batavia was discovered over three hundred years after it sank in the Morning Reef. Through examining different items found at the …

Arts and Crafts, Best From Our Students, Community, Discover

All That Glitters is, well, Zardozi!

December 12, 2016December 27, 2016

Zardozi is an?elaborate hand embroidery practised in India along with other countries like Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. It uses metal thread, primarily silver and gold …

Best From Our Students, Heritage, Student Program, Underwater

Rhapta: the Atlantis of East Africa

December 6, 2016December 27, 2016

For many years, there has been a mystery surrounding the location of the trading city of of?Rhapta which seems to have vanished from the face …

Built Heritage, Heritage, Student Program, Underwater

Baiae, Bay of Naples

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016

Baiae has been named after the Baius, who was the helmsman of the Odysseus’s ship in Homer’s Odyssey and was supposed to be buried in …

Heritage, Nature, Student Program, Underwater

The ‘Living’ Heritage of Lake Malawi

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

UNESCO (2001) defines under water cultural heritage as to encompass all traces of human existence that lie or have lain underwater and have cultural or …