PRESERVING WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE SITES

The Threat of Man-made and Natural Disasters and Humanity's Moral Obligation to Provide Needed Protections

By - George Pararas-Carayannis

THE QUEST FOR HOMER'S ITHACA

Dr. Carolyn Pararas-Carayannis

WOMEN IN THE MARINE MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN THEIR ROLES & SYMBOLISMS..

CAVE OF CASTANIA - A Speleological Wonder

The socio-cultural profile of hazards. Disaster Archaeology and the risk assessmentof past catastrophic events .

by Dr. Amanda Laoupi ...............

THE DIVINE FIRES OF CREATION. HOMERIC HEPHAESTOS AS A COMET / METEOR GOD

by Dr. Amanda Laoupi ...........

The Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites from Natural and Man-Made Disasters

Excerpts from paper presented at GeoBen2000 Congress on the Geological and Geotechnical Influences in the .Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage - Moncalieri Castle, Stupinigi Castle- Torino, Italy 7-8-9 June 2000

 

THE GREEK MYTH OF PLEIADES IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NATURAL DISASTERS. - DECODING, DATING AND ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION

by Dr. Amanda Laoupi

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................................ Atlantis - The Lost Land Hypothesis and the Cataclysmic Mass Edifice Failure of the Volcano of Santorin in the Bronze Age

 

.................... The 1490 (1623) BC Tsunami Generated from the Eruption of the Volcano of Santorin in the Aegean Sea

 

The 15th Century B.C. Explosion and Collapse of the Volcano of Santorin in the Aegean Sea

 

Alexander the Great - Impact of the 325 BC Tsunami in the North Arabian Sea Upon his Fleet

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LINKS TO INTERESTING BLOGS

Disaster Archaeology http://archaeodisasters.blogspot.com/

1. Disaster Vocabulary in ancient Cultures http://linguacatastrophica.blogspot.com/

2. Archaeodisaster evidence http://evidenceofarchaeodisasters.blogspot.com/

3. Space Hazards and Human evolution. http://cosmosandhumans.blogspot.com/

_________FOR SALE: Cheoye Lee 47" Offshore Yawl; Cascade 42 Sloop (click on images for more information)________

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PROHITECH 2009 International Conference - Protection of Historical Buildings by Reversible Mixed Technologies (COMPLETED)

21-24 June 2009, Rome, ITALY

The Conference entirely devoted to the protection of relevant buildings belonging to the Cultural Heritage, mainly focusing on the use of innovative technologies.
 The Conference is aimed at collecting the contributions of the main outputs from the most outstanding Institutions operating worldwide in the field of Cultural Heritage. At the same time, it will be a suitable opportunity for disseminating the results of the research activity coming from the PROHITECH project, developed in the years 2004-2008 http://www.prohitech.com
 
The technical programme of the Conference will consist in working sessions introduced by the Chairman, followed by oral presentations and open discussion. Outstanding experts will be invited for keynote lectures, presenting the most recent developments in theory, design and practice with reference to the protection of relevant historical and monumental buildings all over the world. Moreover, Special Sessions are envisaged, which can be freely proposed and organized by the participants, within the general scope of the Conference.
 
Information about the Conference and the work in progress is available on the website http://www.prohitech09.com . In addition, you can contact the following address: mailto:prohitech09@unina.it