The seismic protection of cultural heritage, particularly statues, is a critical issue due to its high cultural significance, difficulty to repair or replace artifacts, and observed poor behavior during past earthquakes.
It's easy if we're the Taliban to blow up the world heritage Bhamian Buddhist statues in Afghanistan because none of that matters to us in our grand egoism.
In this study, we report on the development of an automated method for designing the optimal camera network for a given cultural heritage building or statue.
In its press release, English Heritage said the statue, called Gallos – Cornish for power – was inspired by the legend of Arthur, but also the castle's even older royal past.
The president tweeted that electing Republican Ed Gillespie might "save our great statues" and "heritage". As an explosion of tweets immediately asked, what heritage, exactly — racism?
Meanwhile the Minister of Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has condemned the attacks on the country's statues and "heritage".
Now it is waging war on the country's cultural heritage, blowing up treasured statues from Afghanistan's pre-Islamic past.
Another time, she was at a dinner party where fellow guests, who were white, explained that they believed that Confederate memorials should remain because they felt that the statues "represent heritage, not hate," Moseley said.
Calcareous materials, like marble used in connection with cultural heritage objects such as statues and pedestals, or as wall facings on buildings, often show a brownish staining owing to contact with iron metal or iron-containing minerals in the stone.
The town's maritime heritage is commemorated by statues of Captain Cook and William Scoresby, as well as the whalebone arch that sits at the top of the West Cliff.
