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Featured Articles

June, 2008
Global Heritage Fund Executive Director, Jeff Morgan,
Carries Olympic Torch for World Heritage and
International Cooperation

January, 2008
GHF Mirador Featured in International Press

December, 2007
GHF Pingyao Featured in Architectural Digest

October, 2007
GHF Cyrene Featured in The New York Times

September, 2007
GHF Cyrene Featured in Daily Telegraph. Quote from Stefaan Poortman, Manager, International Development

December, 2006
Protecting Precious Places

December, 2006
GHF Mirador Featured in National Geographic

January, 2006
Architecture: Monumental Task: Funding the Race Against Time

January, 2006
Preservation: Sure, It's a Good Thing, but..

More Articles

May, 2008
Tourism circuit of harappan sites of Gujarat

May, 2008
GHF Mirador in the Press

May, 2008
Saving One Heritage Site at a Time

March, 2008
Awesome Ancient Sites
Ruins not yet ruined by too many tourists

January, 2008
GHF Hampi Featured in The Times of India

November, 2007
Prince Charles visits Ancient Site in Anatolia to Commemorate new Site Museum and Visitors Center

Fall 2007
Saving the Mirador Basin. GHF featured in American Archaeology Magazine

July, 2007
Global Heritage Google Earth Outreach Launch

June, 2007
Site-seeing: Reports from the Field: Along the Nakbe Trail

April, 2007
Fire Alerts Go Global

February, 2007
GHF Mirador: Digging for the Truth "New Maya Revelations" to air on History Channel

January 7, 2007
Destination: Guatemala
Atop the world of the Maya

December 31, 2006
The mystery of Maya's jungle heart

December 15, 2006
GHF Mirador Featured in Daily Mail

Nov, Dec 2006
The Mission for Mirador: Ecoconservationists are working to save Guatemala's wilderness, wildlife, and ruins

September 12, 2006
The United States Department of the Interior and the Government of Guatemala Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Protect Major Maya Archaeological Sites at El Mirador

August, 2006
A Home for the Indus - GHF's support of Indus Valley research, excavations and museums in Gujarat

August 18, 2006
Iraq's ancient gem - GHF mentioned in Arizona Daily Star article

July 4, 2006
Group guarding world's heritage

June 30, 2006
Indus Heritage Center Explores Ancient India Roots

June 17, 2006
Haunted By History - The ruins of a contested capital are still hostage to geopolitics

June, 17, 2006
The Ties That Divide - KARS: Locals dream of reopening the frontier between Turkey and Armenia

May, 2006
On Ancient Walls, a New Maya Epoch

March, 2006
Scanning Our Heritage. Laser Scanning For Cultural Heritage Applications. US Berkeley team scanning GHF Project, Chavín de Huántar

February 25, 2006
GHF Chavin de Huantar Featured on History Channel's 'Digging for the Truth'

February 10, 2006
Into The Wild - Searching The Jungle For Buried Mayan Treasure In Guatemala

January 25, 2006
$10m Museum to Re-Visit an Ancient Civilisation

January 17, 2006
Flip side of World Heritage status

December 24, 2005
GHF and Jindal Group to rebuild Hampi

December 20, 2005
GHF Founding Investor Bill Draper Featured in San Francisco Chronicle
Draper Fellowship Awarded to Global Heritage Fund in 2003

December 10, 2005
Running after fabulous ruins - Global Heritage Fund featured in The Hindu for work in Hampi UNESCO World Heritage site, Karnataka, India

November 25, 2005
GHF's Conservation in Shanxi Province Featured in Wall Street Journal - 'History's Last Salvation'

November, 2005
Global Heritage Fund Kars Heritage Program Featured on CNN Turkey

November 12, 2005
In Guatemala, A Battle Over Logs And a Lost Kingdom. Mr. Hansen Aims to Preserve Vast Mayan Ruin as Park; Skeptical, Villagers Fight

October 5 2005
Jeff Morgan's global approach to preservation could bring tourism, stability to postwar Iraq. Cornell University Chronicle Online article

October 2005
Return to Cyrene. GHF Funding Assists GIS Mapping of Cyrene

August 24, 2005
Kars wants to reopen its border on the Caucases

May 2005
Saving Our Global Heritage. GHF's CEO, Jeff Morgan, Featured in Gentry Magazine. (1.57 PDF)

April 28, 2005
Repairing Lost Monuments in Vietnam. GHF featured on ABC Vietnam special
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March 31, 2005
El Mirador Nominated as World Heritage Site. ElPeriodico article

March 31, 2005
El Mirador to be declared cultural heritage. Siglo article

April 18, 2005
Layers of clustered apartments hide artifacts of ancient urban life City on Turkish plains a major draw for 'goddess tours'

April, 2005
Set in Stone. Can Jeff Morgan save the world through enlightened tourism? (766k PDF)

April, 2005
Before It's Ruined: Northern Vietnam. You can lose the crowds at stunning My Son Sanctuary and Bach Ma National Park. (461k PDF)

March 30, 2005
Come and See. An increasing number of US and UK charities are organising donor field trips, which appeal to wealthy donors who want to see their cash in action rather than go to expensive fundraising diners. GHF featured in Third Sector article. (379k PDF)

Feb 11, 2005
How much difference does UNESCO make?

Jan/Feb 2005
Stone Temple Secrets. What happened in the underground labyrinth of ancient Peru? Archaeologist John Rick gets to the bottom of a 3,000-year-old mystery.

Oct 20 , 2004
From Ancient Ruins To Tourist Destinations

2005
Local man fights to protect cultural sites

"Saving Our Global Heritage" - the book
"Saving Our Global Heritage" - the book
 
Featured Articles  
Explorers Club LogoJune 2008
GHF Executive Director, Jeff Morgan, Carries Olympic Torch for World Heritage and International Cooperation
Explorers Club LogoMay 2008
GHF Mirador in the Press
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GHF Mirador Featured in International Press
Architectural DigestDecember 2007
GHF Pingyao Featured in Architectural Digest
New York TimesOctober 16, 2007
GHF Cyrene Featured in The New York Times
The Daily TelegraphSeptember 9, 2007
GHF Cyrene Featured in Daily Telegraph. Quote from Stefaan Poortman, Manager, International Development
Economist.comDecember 19, 2006
Protecting Precious Places: Some healthy competition could be good for the UN's cultural agency.
Los Angeles Times December 05, 2006
GHF Mirador Featured in National Geographic
WSJ OnlineJanuary 18, 2006
Architecture: Monumental Task: Funding the Race Against Time
New York TimesJanuary 15, 2006
Preservation: Sure, It's a Good Thing, but..

More Articles

Gujarat Global LogoMay 2008
Tourism circuit of harappan sites of Gujarat
Explorers Club LogoMay 2008
Saving One Heritage Site at a Time
Forbes LogoMarch 2008
Awesome Ancient Sites
Ruins not yet ruined by too many tourists
cnnlogoJanuary 2008
GHF Hampi Featured in The Times of India
Architectural DigestNovember 2007
Prince Charles visits Ancient Site in Anatolia to Commemorate new Site Museum and Visitors Center
Saving Mirador BasinFall 2007
Saving the Mirador Basin. GHF featured in American Archaeology Magazine.

The Indianapolis StarJuly, 2007
Global Heritage Google Earth Outreach Launch

NasaApril, 2007
Fire Alerts Go Global - GHF and NASA Partnership Featured in Earth Observer

GHF Mirador: Digging for the Truth

February, 2007
GHF Mirador: Digging for the Truth "New Maya Revelations" to air on History Channel

Los Angeles TimesJanuary 7, 2007
Destination: Guatemala - Atop the world of the Maya
The ObserverDecember 31, 2006
The mystery of Maya's jungle heart
Daily Mail December 15, 2006
The man who inspired Mel Gibson's epic Apocalypto
The Mission for MiradorNovember, December 2006
The Mission for Mirador: Ecoconservationists are working to save Guatemala's wilderness, wildlife, and ruins
U.S. Department of the Interior September 12, 2006
The United States Department of the Interior and the Government of Guatemala Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Protect Major Maya Archaeological Sites at El Mirador
Mercury NewsJuly 4, 2006
Group guarding world's heritage

The Ties That DivideJune, 17, 2006
The Ties That Divide - KARS: Locals dream of reopening the frontier between Turkey and Armenia

The HinduDecember 10, 2005
Running after fabulous ruins
The HinduAugust 26, 2005
GHF Mirador Featured in Science
Maya Archaeologist Turns to the Living to Save the Dead
Simply GujaratiAugust, 2006
A Home for the Indus - GHF's support of Indus Valley research, excavations and museums in Gujarat
Arizona Daily StarAugust 18, 2006
Iraq's ancient gem - GHF mentioned in Arizona Daily Star article
IndiaWestJune 30, 2006
Indus Heritage Center Explores Ancient India Roots

The CodexJune, 2007
Site-seeing: Reports from the Field: Along the Nakbe Trail

Haunted By HistoryJune 17, 2006
Haunted By History - The ruins of a contested capital are still hostage to geopolitics

Scanning Our HeritageMarch, 2006
Scanning Our Heritage. Laser Scanning For Cultural Heritage Applications. US Berkeley team scanning GHF Project, Chavín de Huántar

History ChannelFebruary 25, 2006
GHF Chavin de Huantar Featured on History Channel's 'Digging for the Truth'
Into the Wild - Waterbury ObserverFebruary 10, 2006
Into The Wild - Searching The Jungle For Buried Mayan Treasure In Guatemala
$10m Museum to Re-Visit an Ancient CivilisationJanuary 25, 2006
$10m Museum to Re-Visit an Ancient Civilisation
International Herald TribuneJanuary 17, 2006
Flip side of World Heritage status
ZeeNewsDecember 24, 2005
GHF and Jindal Group to rebuild Hampi
San Francisco ChronicleDecember 20, 2005
GHF Founding Investor Bill Draper Featured in San Francisco Chronicle
Draper Fellowship Awarded to Global Heritage Fund in 2003
The HinduDecember 10, 2005
Running after fabulous ruins
Global Heritage Fund featured in The Hindu for work in Hampi UNESCO World Heritage site, Karnataka, India
Asian Wall Street JournalNovember 25, 2005
GHF's Conservation in Shanxi Province Featured in Wall Street Journal - 'History's Last Salvation'
CNN TurkeyNovember, 2005
Global Heritage Fund Kars Heritage Program Featured on CNN Turkey
In Guatemala, A Battle Over Logs And a Lost Kingdom.November 12, 2005
In Guatemala, A Battle Over Logs And a Lost Kingdom. Mr. Hansen Aims to Preserve Vast Mayan Ruin as Park; Skeptical, Villagers Fight
October 5, 2005
Jeff Morgan's global approach to preservation could bring tourism, stability to postwar Iraq. Cornell University Chronicle Online article.
Archaeology Magazine Article 'Return to Cyrene'October 2005
Return to Cyrene. GHF Funding Assists GIS Mapping of Cyrene
La-CroixAugust 24, 2005
Kars wants to reopen its border on the Caucases
Saving Our Global Heritage. GHF's CEO, Jeff Morgan, featured in Gentry Magazine.May 2005
Saving Our Global Heritage. GHF's CEO, Jeff Morgan, Featured in Gentry Magazine. (1.57 mb PDF)
Repairing Lost Monuments in Vietnam. GHF featured on ABC Vietnam special.April 28, 2005
Repairing Lost Monuments in Vietnam. GHF featured on ABC Vietnam special
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El Mirador Nominated as World Heritage Site. ElPeriodico articleMarch 31, 2005
El Mirador Nominated as World Heritage Site
El Mirador to be declared cultural heritage. Siglo articleMarch 31, 2005
El Mirador to be declared cultural heritage
Click here to view full articleApril 18, 2005
Dr. Ian Hodder, GHF Co-Founder and Senior Advisory Board Chairman and Çatalhöyük featured in the San Francisco Chronicle
April, 2005
Set in Stone. Can Jeff Morgan save the world through enlightened tourism? (766k PDF)
April, 2005
Before It's Ruined: Northern Vietnam. You can lose the crowds at stunning My Son Sanctuary and Bach Ma National Park. (461k PDF)
Come and see. An increasing number of US and UK charities are organising donor field trips, which appeal to wealthy donors who want to see their cash in action rather than go to expensive fundraising diners. GHF featured in Third Sector article. (379k PDF))March 30, 2005
Come and See. An increasing number of US and UK charities are organising donor field trips, which appeal to wealthy donors who want to see their cash in action rather than go to expensive fundraising diners. GHF featured in Third Sector article. (379k PDF)

How much difference does UNESCO make?Feb 11, 2005
How much difference does UNESCO make?

Three new Indian sites have been added to the World Heritage list. Will this improve their management?

The AlmanacOct 20 , 2004
From Ancient Ruins To Tourist Destinations
2005
Local man fights to protect cultural sites
Oct 8, 2004
GHF Speaks at Adventures in Travel Expo Special Travel Executive Trade-Only Day Friday, October 8th , 2004 at 2:00pm
Have Donation, Will Travel . GHF in Wall Street Journal articleOct 1, 2004
Have Donation, Will Travel. GHF in Wall Street Journal article
Lothal is a perfect example of indifferent conservation - Baroda Times of India  (885k PDF)Oct, 2004
Lothal is a perfect example of indifferent conservation (885k PDF)
Coming soon in Gujarat: An Indus Valley Museum - The Indian ExpressSept 15 , 2004
Coming soon in Gujarat: An Indus Valley museum
Heritage awards get corporate world clued into conservation - The Economic TImesSept 8 , 2004
Heritage awards get corporate world clued into conservation
El Mirador - A New Guatemalan Strategy for the Sept 5 , 2004
El Mirador - A New Guatemalan Strategy for the Maya Biosphere
What a difference a stay makes - Financial TimesSept 2 , 2004
In the face of cultural uniformity, Mike Meyer applauds Asian cities where conservation efforts work to satisfy the appetites of the local economy and tourists hungry for heritage.
Aug 6 , 2004
Vernacular Tibetan Architecture, Lost and Found
Travel and LeisureJuly, 2004
Unconventional Wisdom. Can development actually save one of Guatemala's most important ancient Mayan cities? David Howard investigates.
Mercury NewsJune 13, 2006
Start-up Preserves Global Heritage. P.A. Man's Non-Profit Helps Save Treasures
May 5, 2004
Masks, Other Finds Suggest Early Maya Flourished. National Geographic article
GHF Executive Director Jeff Morgan Keynotes the JUules Verne Festival in Paris with James Cameron and Jane Goodall.March 16, 2004
Paris
- GHF Executive Director Jeff Morgan Keynotes the Jules Verne Festival in Paris with James Cameron and Jane Goodall.
A New Machu Picchu. Stanford University and  GHF are working to develop the archaeological site. John Rick explained the importance of the siteJan 30 , 2004
A New Machu Picchu. Stanford University and the Global Heritage Fund are working to develop the archaeological site. Specialist John Rick explained the importance of the site.
GHF grant to establish database documenting preservation of ancient Cambodian ceramics. Asian Art Newspaper article. (64k PDF)November, 2003
GHF Grant Establishes Cambodian Ceramics Conservation Lab. New Team and Database Documenting Preservation of Ancient Cambodian Ceramics. Asian Art Newspaper article. (64k PDF)
Shared Heritage. Becoming a World Heritage site brought pitfalls for Lijiang. Far Eastern Economic Review article (110k PDF)June 5, 2003
Shared Heritage. Becoming a World Heritage site brought pitfalls for Lijiang. Conservation efforts made by Unesco / GHF partnership discussed in Far Eastern Economic Review article. (110k PDF)
Beyond Bagdad, Temples of Doom - The looting of a civilization's legacy. GHF featured in San Francisco Chronicle article (113k PDF)May 18, 2003
Beyond Baghdad, Temples of Doom - The looting of a civilization's legacy. GHF featured in San Francisco Chronicle article. (113k PDF)

About Global Heritage Fund
The Global Heritage Fund's mission is to enable successful long-term preservation of humankind's most important archaeological sites and ancient townscapes, creating new engines for economic growth in developing countries. GHF works to develop comprehensive Master Conservation Plans, provides early matching grants and training, builds local institutions and promotes sustainable tourism development to ensure permanent protection for global cultural treasures. The Global Heritage Fund is a registered non-profit conservancy based in Palo Alto, California.

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