We just returned from a wonderful trip to Uzbekistan, where we signed an MoU with the Avicenna Foundation for our Ibn Sina Garden. The “XIII Avicenna Readings” Conference was a success! #ArchInternational #Ibnsina #Bukhara #Afshona

What if I told you there’s a country with more UNESCO sites than Egypt, borders with 15 nations, and empires older than Rome yet the world reduces it to nukes and veils? That country is Iran. And most people have never really seen it. 🧵

Libya: Foreign tourists return to Leptis Magna In a country still fragmented and with numerous international travel advisories, signs point to a slow return of cultural tourism in Libya... READ: agenzianova.com/news/libia-tur… via Agenzia Nova

Something lovely for the weekend! Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me #Archaeology

We are so proud to announce that our Sophia Schultz has won the The European Archaeologist Photojournalist of the Year Award! Swipe to see the award-winning photograph, a sneak-peek into our important work preserving the underwater heritage site of Asopos in Greece!

“People visualized divisions, and balance through their art.” New evidence points to Halafian pottery being the world’s first record of plants in art! timesofisrael.com/study-of-prehi… @timesofisrael

The wait is over: ARCH's 2025 Annual Recap is up!!! Click here to learn more about our full year of exciting work: archinternational.org/wp-content/upl…

We want to share how libraries in Ukraine have been impacted by the war, and highlight the incredible work they are doing to serve their communities. #Ukraine #ARCHInternational

Before the written record, there were voices, memories, and stories. Join us for a lecture examining the importance of oral history in preserving the Arabian Gulf’s cultural heritage. The session highlights how museums and community initiatives work together to document and

Kupala Night is a slavic summer solstice celebration! Kupala comes from the proto-slavic word "Kopati," meaning "to bathe." We at ARCH are yearning for a mid-summer festival about now..

Amazing opportunity! (For UK-based applicants only)

We wanted to share Moawiya Atrash’s photographs of Syrians in Idlib celebrating Valentine’s Day as a respite from the difficulties of daily life. While Valentine’s Day is not traditionally Syrian, it has been picked up to create joy and community in a war-torn context.

At the Surova festival, Bulgaria, people ring in the old calendar’s new year by adorning hand-made masks and goat hair suits! This tradition is believed to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck. #archinternational #intangibleculturalheritage #surovafestival #bulgaria

For a project, we are currently exploring high-quality printers. Through a stroke of luck, one printer was in Bulgaria while we were there! We took advantage of this coincidence to tour the printing house! #archinternational #printing #bulgaria #printinghouse #insidelook

Join us on 3 March in Brussels! In honour of #InternationalWomensDay, Europa Nostra & ALIPH, in partnership with European Parliament, will host a panel discussion spotlighting women safeguarding cultural heritage in contexts of conflict & crisis. 🔗 Register: europanostra.org/events/join-us…

The famous Minnesota “Melt the ICE” hat’s pattern, created by Paul Neary of Gilah Mashaal’s Needle & Skein, was based on a Norwegian anti-Nazi hat, called “nisselue”. Cultural heritage has always been used to bond communities, resist violence, and express challenging ideas. NPR

Hi, I’m Lauren Attwell and I recently started my internship with ARCH! I’m an Art History and Anthropology major Skidmore College passionate about preserving and uplifting cultural heritage. With ARCH, I’m working on audio guides about the history and art of Santa Fe, NM.

We wanted to bring this back to the top of people's timelines! Friendly reminder that this is a very special month!

Check out Madina Kasimbaeva’s amazing work, crafting textiles along with the 150 mostly female artisans she employs. Her studio brings together organic fabrics and dyes, sewn into textiles that fuse Uzbek traditional & modern designs. #Uzbekistan #textiles IFAM

Aerial view of Kabul Afghanistan taken in the 1970s, before the Soviet invasion.