The region along the northeastern shores of Lake Victoria in modern Kenya is home to one of the largest collections of stone-walled settleme

While artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous knowledge of context, consent and community control, say Uni...

Egypt has recovered more than 1,500 antiquities that left the country under questionable circumstances in recent years, including 60 from the United States last year, Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy said Tuesday.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch announced that he is stepping down as the institution he leads faces an escalating battle with the Trump administration over how it tells the American story. Geoff Bennett spoke with Bunch about the political pressure, what’s at stake for the Smithsonian and how he sees his legacy. It's for our Art in Action series exploring the intersection of art and democracy.

The Colombian ministry of culture has compiled a preliminary report of damage to cultural sites in the seven departments closest to the 10 August earthquake’s epicentre, and in the Unesco-designated “Coffee Cultural Region”

Journal of African cities chapter 6

In Japan, the ancient tradition of hikiya involves moving buildings with ropes and rollers. About 4,000 people teamed up to try it on Hirosaki Castle.

BEJRAWIYA, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s ongoing war is threatening the integrity of its ancient Meroe pyramids, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its unique and angular architecture, as preservation efforts have completely halted.

State and society on a cosmopolitan island

Journal of African cities chapter 7

The East African coast is home to the longest contiguous chain of urban settlements on the continent.

Fire has always be part of life on the grasslands, but has grown worse due to rising temperatures and severe droughts. In response, people have turned to their nomadic heritage to help tackle the blaz...

Journal of Africans cities: Chapter 22

France has faithfully renovated most of what burned at Notre-Dame in 2019. Contentiously, six towering windows will soon be replaced by a new design.

Journal of African cities: chapter 13

A 5.1-magnitude quake on 18 July caused the collapse of the roof and part of the facade of the colonial-era Iglesia Apóstol Santiago, one of the oldest churches in the Peruvian highlands

The Trump administration’s proposed changes to the review process will allow it to take a wrecking ball to historic sites across the country.

After the fall of Carthage in 146 BC, the Roman Empire came into direct contact with a number of African states with whom it shared a long and open frontier extending from the northwestern tip of the ...

The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean, where tiny islands are epicenters of biodiversity. The Trump administration is now opening their waters to commercial fishing, sparking a battle over some of the country’s most pristine ecosystems.

After deadly tremors a decade ago, Kumamoto built earthquake-resistant buildings and even trained locals in search and rescue.

Journal of African cities chapter 8

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

This issue of Conservation Perspectives examines the impact of disasters on cultural heritage. The feature article discusses how the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute is helping to lead the

All about African history: reconstructing the continent's neglected past. Click to read African History Extra, by isaac Samuel, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

A lot has been written about the arrival of different groups of foreigners on the East African coast and their influence on Swahili society.