18 April 2012 - Celebrate!

Happy International Day for Monuments and Sites!

In 2012 we celebrate the "World Heritage".

→ Download the article presenting this year's theme by Alfredo Conti, Chair ICOMOS World Heritage Working Group: [English] - [Français] - [Español]

Learn more about events and celebrations all over the World on ICOMOS' website

E-conservation n°23, March 2012

Issue No. 23, March 2012 of e-conservation

magazine is now online and available for free download! Click here to download the whole issue

Index

EDITORIAL

On Disinvestment of Cultural Heritage
By Rui Bordalo

NEWS & VIEWS

A Decade of Disorder: Conservation and the Digital Revolution
By Daniel Cull

Pragmatism and Compromise in Conservation
By Peter D. Verheyen

News on e-conservation magazine
By Rui Bordalo

Urban Conservation in High Asia. The work of André Alexander and Tibet Heritage Fund
By Pimpim de Azevedo and Yutaka Hirako

REVIEWS

Faces of Memory: the Newest Technology of Preservation and Restoration of Hand-Written and Printed Heritage
Review by Tatyana Krupa

Back to the Roots - Workshop on Textile Dyeing with Natural Dyes
Review by Anna Karatzani

XTACH 2011
International Conference on the Use of X-ray (and related) Techniques in Arts and Cultural Heritage
Review by Mark Beech

ARTICLES

Boxes for the Housing and Protection of Books: Observations on their History and Development

By Gianlorenzo Pignatti

Lining, Relining and the Concept of Univocity
By Cecil Krarup Andersen

Salt Damage on the Wall Reliefs of Dendera Temple, Egypt
By Hesham Abbas Kamally

Security of Cultural Property: U.S. Engagement and Potential for Improvement
By Erik Nemeth

CASE STUDY
First Aid of Rare Ptolemaic Textile in Tuna el-Gebel Excavation, Egypt

By Harby E. Ahmed

New website: The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project

The Australian Historic Shipwreck Protection Project (AHSPP) website is now available at the link below.

AHSPP website