Göbekli Tepe Conservation Starts

Pillar and Wall Conservation
Global Heritage Fund is pleased to announce that the first conservation assessment at Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey took place in late September, and thorough documentation of the conservation project by means of 3D laser scanning, enhanced by drawings, sketches, photography and written descriptions, is being conducted during the rest of the 2011 season.

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The GHF Banteay Chhmar Conservation Team has discovered a large gilded bronze pinnacle, found in a crevice of the southwest wall of a face tower.

This is the first example of a pinnacle found at Banteay Chhmar by the conservation team.

It brought sunshine to an otherwise wet monsoon season at the site!

Update from Ciudad Perdida:
GHF Field Mapping Mission

In late May and early June of 2011, a GHF team comprised of Santiago Giraldo, Adam Dunbar and Dan Thompson conducted a field mapping mission to Ciudad Perdida, an ancient Tayrona archaeological site deep in the jungles of northern Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range.

Update from Pinyago, China:
GHF Senior Advisory Board Chair Tracks Progress at Pingyao

This summer, Dr. Vince Michael, current chair of the GHF Senior Advisory Board, visited Pingyao and came away impressed with the work of GHF China Manager Han Li and the efforts of the entire Pingyao team.

The Forum on Cultural Heritage in a Developing World: London, UK

The Forum on Cultural Heritage in a Developing World in London on October 20, aims to explore the challenges facing significant and endangered archaeological and heritage sites in the developing world, and to identify what we might do to protect and preserve them - before they are lost forever.

The purpose of the Global Heritage Preservation Fellowship Program is to support cultural heritage conservation and community development work with the potential for significant contributions to the long-term preservation of endangered cultural heritage sites in developing countries by international and in-country scholars and students.

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