This is how the old souk in Midan District in Damascus has become

The historical district of Bab Al Dreib in the city of Homs destroyed

Greek campaigners are calling for greater effort by the Greek government to protect this archaeological site.

Here is for instance an example of the destruction at the Historic district of Bab Al Dreib in Homs

All remains and objects and any other traces of humankind from past times are considered to be elements of the archaeological heritage.

The Archaeological Survey of India, however, reported the existence of ruins beneath the demolished mosque that might have belonged to an ancient temple.

The 1992 treaty aims to protect the European archaeological heritage as a source of European collective memory and as an instrument for historical and scientific study.

This monitoring includes periodic reports on the situation of archaeological heritage protection policies and the realisation of the Convention s principles in the States (Art.

Archaeogenetics, a term coined by British archaeologist and paleolinguist Colin Renfrew, refers to the application of the techniques of molecular population genetics to the study of the human past.

Archaeological evidence for the presence of wild elephants in the Yellow River valley during the Shang Dynasty (1600 1100 BC) of China may suggest that they also used elephants in warfare.

In 2005, a mummified Moche woman known as the Lady of Cao was discovered at the Huaca Cao Viejo, part of the El Brujo archaeological site on the outskirts of present day Trujillo, Peru.

In 2010, a collaboration known as the Syrian Australian Archaeological and Historical Research Project was being developed to establish a repository at Qal'at Najm s castle in Syria. He stressed the vital importance of producing material in Arabic.

Emphasizing that underwater archaeological, cultural and historical heritage, including shipwrecks and watercrafts, holds essential information on the history of humankind and that such heritage is a resource that needs to be protected and preserved,

Emphasizing that underwater archaeological, cultural and historical heritage, including shipwrecks and watercrafts, holds essential information on the history of humankind and that such heritage is a resource that needs to be protected and preserved,

Nobody asked the ASI to comment on the existence of Ram they should have restricted themselves to stating whether the Ram Sethu has archeological significance to their organization.

He drew attention to the examples contained in the report of the Special Committee (A 60 380) of the many ongoing Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Syrian Golan, the pillaging and exploitation of its natural resources and the plunder of its archaeological and cultural heritage, and described his Government's efforts to relieve the persistent shortage of health facilities available to Syrian Arab citizens in the occupied region.

A study involving mitochondrial analysis of a Byzantine era population, whose samples were gathered from excavations in the archaeological site of Sagalassos, found that the samples had close genetic affinity with modern Turkish and Balkan populations.

7. Urges all States to cooperate, directly or through competent international bodies, in taking measures to protect and preserve objects of an archaeological and historical nature found at sea, in conformity with article 303 of the Convention

In 2007, unprecedented wildfires raged across Greece, nearly destroying the ancient site of Olympia. And the Northwest Passage in the Arctic became ice free for the first time in living memory.

By resolution 3005 (XXVII), the General Assembly requested the Special Committee to investigate as well allegations concerning the exploitation and the looting of the resources of the occupied territories, the pillaging of its archaeological and cultural heritage and interferences in the freedom of worship in its holy places.

Other areas damaged by airstrikes were the old city of Saada and the archaeological site of the pre Islamic walled city of Baraqish, causing UNESCO Director General to issue a statement calling on all parties to protect Yemen s cultural heritage. Ms. Irina Bokova said

With the discovery of Mahtab Bagh or Moonlight Garden on the other side of the Yamuna, the interpretation of the Archaeological Survey of India is that the Yamuna river itself was incorporated into the garden's design and was meant to be seen as one of the rivers of Paradise.