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U.S. Interests Hurt By Withdrawal From UNESCO

January 11, 2018 by Michael Anderson

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.” So begins the preamble to the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). They were words written in 1945 by the American poet and playwright Archibald MacLeish, who […]

Crimean World Heritage site, Chersonesos.

Ancient City on the Brink

April 19, 2014 by David Ochsner

Can a Crimean World Heritage Site Survive the Region’s Latest Political Unrest? Last June Professor Joseph Carter had reason to celebrate. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) had named the ancient city of Chersonesos—a place where he had dedicated more than two decades of his career—a World Heritage Site. It’s not easy […]

Ariel view of Chersonesos with the newly renovated St. Volodymyr's Church in 2001. Photo by Christopher Williams.

UT Classical Archaeology Research Leads to UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation

October 29, 2013 by David Ochsner

After two decades of research led by a classical archaeology professor at The University of Texas at Austin, an ancient Greek settlement in southern Ukraine was granted World Heritage status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). A port city founded by Greeks in the fifth century B.C., Chersonesos is the site […]

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