After the Cradle Crumbled: Saving Cultural Heritage and Building habitus in Iraq and Syria
17 October 2025 - Iraq and Syria are considered the “Cradle of Civilization,” where the first cities and writing emerged thousands of years ago. In the summer of 2014, many of these cities were utterly destroyed or under threat of destruction by a terrorist organization. Dr. Greenfield’s presentation outlines the damage and how local and international archaeologists continue to fight back, continuing to document, excavate, and preserve ancient archaeological sites and cultural heritage.
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