The damage is sometimes only centimeters deep. Three engineers explain the colors of burned masonry and other signs preservationists look for amid another destructive fire year.
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From grave robbing to road construction, a cemetery in Richmond, Va., reveals the long pattern of Black Americans burying their dead in spaces that received few protections.
A fire destroyed the South’s largest surviving antebellum mansion – exposing the tensions between history and profit.
A fire that destroyed St. Anne’s Church in Toronto serves as a reminder that cultural legacy needs to be conserved and protected from disaster.
Cinema buildings provide exactly what many faith groups need: space for congregants to take part in communal ritual and worship.
Erratic weather patterns occurring due to climate change may become a more significant factor affecting the season start and ice-building processes in the future.
Earlier this month, one of the most famous shipwrecks in history was discovered in a part of Antarctica claimed by multiple nations.
Some of our coastal defences are in desperate need of preservation and could be transformed into tourist attractions.
If the US makes good on the president’s threat, Iran’s heritage won’t be the only thing damaged. Washington’s reputation would also take a hit.
At historic sites across the South, you’ll often find a white woman, dressed in Colonial clothes, cooking in a big house kitchen. That’s a role that was usually done by enslaved Africans.
The 1906 Antiquities Act gives presidents unilateral power to protect land as national monuments. The law has saved important places, but has also fueled intense conflicts over land control.
Researchers are making 3D scans, architectural plans and detailed photographic records of cultural heritage sites around the world, knowing they could be destroyed at any time.
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Professor of Anthropology and Geosciences, and Executive Director of the Center for Virtualizaiton and Applied Spatial Technologies (CVAST), University of South Florida
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University
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Reader in Architectural History and Theory, University of Westminster
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Senior Researcher, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU, Australian National University
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Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
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Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University
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Research associate, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
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Associate Research Professor of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
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Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Structural Mechanics and Structures, Universidade de Lisboa
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Associate Professor of Geo-Monitoring and Data Analytics, Delft University of Technology
