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A team of conservators recently wrapped up its 13th season of work at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III. The group made steady progress this past spring in stabilizing, cleaning, documenting, and restoring various sections of the ruined temple.

I arrived at Selby Abbey on a rainy Sunday morning shortly after a sung Eucharist ceremony had begun. The congregation was small and mostly elderly, but it was nice to see the building being used for its original purpose and not simply as a destination for architecture or history enthusiasts. It is, however, a worthy destination for visitors.

This summer, three students in Historic Preservation from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation are conducting a conservation study for Moni Perivolis, a historic convent on the island of Lesvos, Greece, and 11 other churches on the same island that were included in the World Monuments Watch in 2008 and 2010. Below, Alison LaFever describes the field examination of the condition of these other monuments:

The WMF-sponsored conservation work on the church of Andahuaylillas, which is often described as the heart of the neighborhood, acted as a catalyst for a subsidiary project focusing on the development of the community itself.