Heritage
Greece calls for return of Parthenon Statues from British Museum at UNESCO, backed by 20 countries
Greece and Turkey argue that Lord Elgin had no firman permissing him to remove the artifacts, while the UK claims Elgin had all necessary documents and brought the Statues to Britian legally.
Slovakia's High Tatras: Skiing, spas, Jewish heritage luxury hotels
Reviving Tel Hai: Yair Belachovsky’s mission to preserve a defining legacy
Gov’t approves 250m. NIS plan to preserve West Bank heritage sites ahead of Six-Day War anniversary
Knesset advances in first reading bill to form Israeli antiquities authority in West Bank
Should the bill pass, it would shift responsibility currently belonging to the Defense Ministry to the Heritage Ministry.
Bank Hapoalim to open 54 Israeli museums, heritage sites with free admission over May weekends
The “Poalim Israeli” initiative will offer free entry on three Friday-Saturday weekends in May, with advance registration required.
Israel's Heritage Minister: Palestinians destroying archaeological sites like ISIS did in Syria
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu on archaeology, sovereignty, and the battle over history in Judea and Samaria
'Heritage as a weapon': How West Bank digs became a tool of dispossession - opinion
How archaeology in the West Bank has become a battleground over sovereignty, heritage, and international law
Israel abandoned its heritage under Oslo - now it's paying the price - opinion
UNESCO battles, abandoned sites, and a renewed national plan force Israel to confront its responsibility to Jewish heritage
Rare half-shekel coin used in biblical census count discovered by archaeologists in Judean Desert
The survey is an ongoing project by the IAA meant to protect archaeological sites in the Judean Desert from looting and unauthorized excavations.
The Jews of China: Harbin (part three)
In the third episode of their China series, Mark and David arrive in Harbin—the unlikely northern city that became home to one of the most vibrant Jewish communities of the 20th Century.
Israeli flag raised on historic Jordan Valley peak in the biblical heartland
According to the Heritage Minister’s office, the flag was hoisted on the mountain peak in a symbolic act that the ministry said reflects a renewed emphasis on Israel’s spiritual heritage.
Bronze scale pan found in ancient Sussiya reveals how biblical law shaped daily Jewish life
Neta, a second-grader at the regional school in Sussiya, and her father, Nachshon, discovered the pan inside a residential building near the town’s main street.
Portugal returns stolen Mayan, Zapotec artifacts to Mexico in first-ever archaeological restitution
INAH specialists were sent photographs of the finds and conducted a preliminary review of the three, confirming that they indeed “form part of Mexico’s archaeological heritage.”