Iraq has undertaken substantial preservation work on the ancient Ziggurat of Ur to protect it from the elements of a changing climate. One of the most recognizable examples of Sumerian architecture, it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site that stands at extreme risk of erosion and damage. Ur is one of the oldest urban settlements known, […]
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Earlier this month, Stop Killing Games, the campaign group seeking to prevent online games being rendered unplayable when publishers shut down their servers, threw their support behind a Californian bill aiming to put a requirement that studios either take action to keep games running after server shutterings or provide full refunds into law. As said bill - dubbed AB 1921 - continues to meander…
When Venetian conservators were preparing for another round of conservation work on a monumental, 500-year-old masterpiece, they decided to open the process to the public eye. Now installed in a special work area, visitors to the Galleria dell’Accademia can watch the various stages of conservation work that such an important and massive artwork requires to […]
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Some of the country’s most precious historic sites and buildings are in need of major repair following bombing by Israel and the US
A trek to Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière, a Unesco World Heritage site that has been undergoing conservation for 25 years
The memory of entire lives, generations even, were recorded on technology that is rapidly becoming difficult to access, difficult to preserve, or just plain inconvenient to have around. As VHS tapes, Beta Max, slides and audio film, photos, or negatives, and the personal memories they contain risk being lost to history, so the Nashville Public […]
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Visitors waiting to enter the Castillo de Escalona witnessed a tower crumble around 10.30am on Saturday, March 14. Dust clouds billowed as stones tumbled, but quick warnings from surrounding onlookers made sure everyone managed to get clear. Tourists captured the moment on video, with cries of alarm ringing out just before the structure gave way completely. Five parked cars nearby suffered…
In March 1953, eight oak boxes containing over 3,000 individual typographic punches, were presented to the University of Cambridge by the French typefoundry Deberny & Peignot. These were the surviving punches used to make the type of the Birmingham printer John Baskerville (1707-75). The punches belong to Cambridge University Press & Assessment and are housed at the University Library alongside…
Earlier this week, the operator of ROM distribution site and self-described "video game preservation service" Myrient announced plans to shut it down as of the end of this month. They advised folks to download any files from the collection that said folks were keen to hold onto ahead of the closure. A group of volunteers have decided to take that to another level, working together to archive all…
The folks behind the Stop Killing Games campaign aiming to push lawmakers into taking action to stop publishers shutting down the servers of online games in a fashion that leaves them unplayable have hosted a livestream from the EU Parliament building itself following their latest meeting with the European Commission. The group say that meeting went "fine", and used the stream to emphasise the…
The City of Seattle is planning 21 on-street bike corrals in place of illegal parking spots abutting intersections. But a debate over the aesthetic impact on Pioneer Square could overshadow the proposal's benefits and derail the project.
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