The Baalshamîn temple in Palmyra was completely destroyed by Daesh in August 2015. The project will create a digital restoration (anastylosis) of the temple, based on the stud…
Over 4,000 funeral portraits from Palmyra, Syria were documented by Danish archaeologist Harald Ingholt (1896-1985). Most of this statuary heritage has since been destroyed or…
The combined collections of the Jerusalem-based Khalidi, Al-Budeiri and Nashashibi Libraries as well as the Al-Ma'amal Art Foundation hold some of the oldest and largest priva…
St. Anthony's Church is located not far from Tripoli and contains murals representing figures of saints as well as a cross from the 13th century. The restoration of the murals…
The Syrian Heritage Archive Project was founded in 2013 with the aim to build a digital archive in response to the ongoing war-related destructions of heritage in Syria. Photo…
Iraq hosts historical manuscripts from myriad private and public collections. This project will concentrate on Christian and Muslim institutions to identify, restore, digitize…
Hatra is the best-preserved, most-informative example of a Parthian city. It was occupied by Daesh in 2014, placed on the World Heritage in Danger list in July 2015, and liber…
The Mam Rashan Shrine on Mount Sinjar is a Yazidi site and probably dates from the 12th century. It was destroyed by Daesh in 2014. This project includes research and assessme…
The Mosul Museum holds a diverse collection of prehistoric and Neo-Assyrian objects, artifacts from Hatra, and an Islamic collection, largely from Mosul. In 2015, the Daesh as…
