WMF Journal
May 7, 2012
Ruta de la Amistad, or Road of Friendship
Posted by Norma Barbacci, Program Director for Latin America, Spain, and Portugal
A few months ago I visited the “Ruta de la Amistad” in Mexico City, and fell in love with this collection of monumental sculptures which were commissioned for the 1968 Olympics to symbolize world brotherhood and friendship, as its name “Road of Friendship” implies.
Read moreApril 18, 2012
Remembering Hatra, Iraq’s First World Heritage Site
Posted by Alessandra Peruzzetto, Program Specialist, Archaeology and the Middle East
Alessandra Peruzzetto, WMF’s Middle East Program Specialist, spent several seasons excavating at Hatra, a World Heritage site. In the following post, she reflects on the history of the site and her memories of working there.
Read moreApril 17, 2012
A Short History Of Akaba Idéna
Posted by Thierry Joffroy, CRAterre-ENSAG
The oral traditions of Kétou say that Prince Shopashan left Ile-Ife (the capital of the Yoruba Kingdom) with his family and other members of his clan to install a new kingdom at Aro. A few generations later, his descendant, King Ede, left Aro with 120 families to settle in Kétou.
Read moreApril 10, 2012
Marking the Routes of the Silk Roads
Posted by Natalia Turekulova, ICOMOS Kazakhstan
Old necropolises are some of the only man-made landmarks that can be seen along the main routes that cross the vast steppes and deserts of the Mangystau peninsula and the Usturt Plateau, between the Caspian and the Aral Seas. These ancient roads, which are still in use, in the Middle Ages connected Khorezmian and Sogdian lands with the territories to the north and west of the Caspian Sea.
Read moreApril 9, 2012
510 Fifth Avenue Revisited
Posted by Ken Feisel, Art Director
Today I walked past 510 Fifth Avenue on my way back from lunch and had my first look at the revamped building, which was listed on the 2012 World Monuments Watch and which was the subject of a lawsuit brought by the Coalition to Save MHT.
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