Interview with Prof. Pieter ter Keurs, Scientific Director at the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus...

'International protection of heritage is needed for several reasons,' says Amy Strecker, research coordinator of the theme ‘Heritage Under Threat’ for the LDE Centre for Global Heritage and Development. 'First, important elements of the cultural and natural heritage are considered not as mere private or public property, but as "common heritage" that transcends national boundaries and therefore requires international cooperation. Second, heritage is closely connected to human rights and the environment, both of which entail a limitation on the absolute sovereignty of states.'

The clay tablets with cuneiform writing from the museum in Raqqa in northern Syria have...

The transition away from fossil fuels is in full swing and the days of petroleum are...

Interview with Professor Jan Kolen, scientific director of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre...

On 1 March, the International Criminal Court held a Pre-Trial hearing in the case of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi. The charges relate to the deliberate targeting and attack of historic and religious monuments during the occupation of Timbuktu in 2012. ‘The importance of this case is that it raises awareness on the international illegality of deliberately destroying cultural heritage and this is indeed an important development’, writes researcher Amy Strecker, who reports on the hearing for the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Global Heritage and Development.

Almost the entire contents of the archaeological museum located in the northern Syrian...

This autumn The Centre for Global Heritage and Development will present a Massive Open...