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Oct. 7, 2025 | By Darren P. Ashby | Â鶹ֱ²¥ Cultural Heritage Programs Manager
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider thickness=”1″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”10″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1738696868497{padding-right: 5px !important;}”][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][vc_column_text]Over the past few months, Â鶹ֱ²¥ has offered free training in its cultural heritage documentation curriculum to Syrian and Yemeni students and heritage professionals in collaboration with and . Â鶹ֱ²¥â€™s freely accessible curriculum aims to help cultural heritage specialists perform surveys and condition assessments through mostly open-source tools and software, including KoboToolbox, QGIS, LibreCAD, and Agisoft Metashape. Available in Arabic, English, and French, these tutorials provide step-by-step tutorials on how to download, install, and effectively use these applications and software for data collection, analysis, and visualization.Together, these tools offer the flexibility to meet a wide variety of needs. In Syria, Â鶹ֱ²¥ and SIMAT are working with the University of Damascus to train students and faculty in the . Syria’s heritage has been badly affected by more than a decade of war. The future of Syria’s heritage depends on the ability of its students, teachers, heritage professionals, and community members to identify problems and questions and act on them.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”106060″ img_size=”1200×900″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1759849509290{margin-right: 10px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][vc_wp_text]
Students from the University of Damascus attend the first session in the Department of Archaeology laboratory. Photo Credit: SIMAT.
[/vc_wp_text][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][vc_single_image image=”106059″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” css=”.vc_custom_1759849526374{margin-right: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][vc_wp_text]Members of the General Authority for Antiquities and Museums at Al-Qahira Castle in Taiz, Yemen. The list of formal partners on the project is shown at the bottom. Photo Credit: Heritage for Peace.
[/vc_wp_text][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”106058″ img_size=”1280×960″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1759849661822{margin-right: 10px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][vc_wp_text]Training of members of the General Authority for Antiquities and Museums in the mapping program QGIS. Photo Credit: General Authority for Antiquities and Museums.
[/vc_wp_text][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][vc_column_text]In Yemen, Â鶹ֱ²¥ partnered with Heritage for Peace to train members of the General Authority for Antiquities and Museums in Taiz. The General Authority, in collaboration with Heritage for Peace and other partners, is now working to with support from the U.S. Department of State’s Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation. Although Â鶹ֱ²¥ is not a formal partner in this project, we are happy to have contributed in a small way to its success.Training is only a beginning, but it helps build the foundation for so much more. Â鶹ֱ²¥ is proud to support Syrians and Yemenis working to conserve and celebrate their heritage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][mk_custom_sidebar sidebar=”ca-sidebar-58201″][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][mk_divider][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][mk_custom_sidebar sidebar=”ca-sidebar-58203″][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]