Text by Raúl van Dijk Escoriza The Raqqa Museum, holding holding a precious archaeological collection has suffered greatly during Syria’s bitter civil war…
Last spring a team from The Centre for Global Heritage and Development consisting of civil engineers from TU Delft and archaeologists from Leiden University won…
2020 Has been a very special year in many respects, as for most people of course. The centre faced loss, challenges but also some large successes, like winning…
Archaeologist Olivier Nieuwenhuyse speaks in 'Met het Oog op Morgen' NPORadio1 on World Heritage City Damascus and some of the projects he initiated to rescue…
Dick Douwes, Professor of Global History at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Forerunner from the Heritage under Threat thematic group, works on the War of…
The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development is considering a festival on Syrian cultural heritage for early 2019: Heritage for Future…
Tomorrow (07-06-2018) during the Archaeology of the Future Symposium sale starts of a chocolate cuneiform at Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. This tablet is…
'Nieuwsuur' made a report on our two projects concerning Syrian heritage: Focus Raqqa and Scanning for Syria. The item (in Dutch for most parts) can be found…
The relentless civil war in Syria is having disastrous effects on the people of Syria and their rich cultural heritage. Initiatives are taken across the world…
The Centre for Global Heritage and Development is looking for a suitable candidate to carry out a feasibility study for the establishment of a summer school on…
