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Italy: Pompeii limits visitor numbers
Italy's culture ministry and archeological superintendency have set a limit to the amount of visitors permitted to enter ancient site Pompeii at a single time, officials announced on Monday.Tourists in Pompeii [Credit: Apolline Project]A decision to cap Sunday free entries to no more than 15,000 visitors at a single time was made …
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Heritage: UNESCO designates nine Mexican sites for special protection
The Mexican government has worked with UNESCO to enter nine heritage sites into its International Register of Cultural Property Under Special Protection in an effort to protect the cultural sites in times of war.Palenque Temple is one of the nine designated sites [Credit: WikiCommons]According to the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign…
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South East Asia: US museum returns Hanuman statue to Cambodia
A statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman, which was looted from the Koh Ker temple complex in Preah Vihear province, was returned to Cambodia on Sunday after spending 33 years in the possession of the Cleveland Museum of Art in the U.S.A closeup of the Hanuman statue returned early Monday U.S. time to Cambodia by the Cleveland Mus…
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Heritage: ICOMOS voices concern over Bulgaria's cultural heritage
In a letter to the Bulgarian authorities, the International Council on Monuments and Sties (ICOMOS) expressed its concern about the country's endangered cultural heritage.Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila is one of Bulgaria's UNESCO World Heritage sites [Credit: WikiCommons]During its latest meeting in March, the international ICOMO…
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