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By Cheryl Benard
June 15, 2026
Santa Fe New Mexican
For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the prestigious New York–based World Monuments...
By By Nicol Vujović
Aug 30, 2026
24ur.com
Afghanistan was a very different country in the 60’s and 70’s than we know it...
News Archive
Below please find a selection of media articles about us or by us, sorted by country.
Afghanistan
AFGHANS ARE PAINTING OVER IMAGES OF WOMEN WHILE CULTURE WORKERS ARE PUTTING ART IN STORAGE AS AFGHANISTAN BRACES FOR TALIBAN CONTROL
August 2021 Rebecca Anne Proctor, Arnet …
AFGHAN MUSEUMS IMPERILED AS TALIBAN ASSUMES CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT
08/16/2021 Museums and arts institutions across Afghanistan, blindsided by the Taliban’s swift ascent to national power, are scrambling to save …
TALIBAN VOWS TO PROTECT AFGHAN CULTURAL HERITAGE, BUT FEARS PERSIST
08/01/2021 Graham Bowley, Tom Mashberg and Anna P. Kambhampaty, New York Times …
WORLD MUST HOLD TALIBAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR AFGHAN CULTURAL HERITAGE
08/01/2021 Maya Margit, The Jerusalem Post …
ARTISTS AND CULTURAL WORKERS FACE LIFE UNDER TALIBAN 2.0
08/01/2021 Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post …
INTERVIEW WITH ARCH PRESIDENT. [IN THE PASHTO LANGUAGE]
01/01/2021 Breshna Omarkhel, Voice of America (VOA) Pashto, January 2021 …
DON’T TRUST THE TALIBAN WITH AFGHANISTAN’S CULTURAL PRESERVATION
07/01/2019 Adam Tiffen, ARCH Deputy Director, Defense One …
AFGHANISTAN EMBASSY INSPIRES WITH RUMI
10/15/2017 Beth Solomon, The Georgetown Dish …
BUDDHIST DOOR: THE CASE FOR REBUILDING THE BAMIYAN BUDDHAS
01/27/2017 After a long and difficult journey across the precipices and through the blizzards of the Tian Shan mountain ranges, …
IN THE LINE OF FIRE
11/03/2015 Andrew Lawler, New Scientist Magazine, September 2015 …
CRYING WOLF
10/01/2015 Dr. Cheryl Benard, Al Jazeera, October 2015 …
INSPECTION PANEL’S ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013
01/01/2013 Inspection Panel of the World Bank, pages 34-35, January 2013 …
AFGHANISTAN’S MINERAL WEALTH COULD BE A BONANZA-OR LEAD TO DISASTER
01/01/2012 Dr. Cheryl Benard and Eli Sugarman, Daily Beast, July 2012 …
AFGHANISTAN’S COPPER CONUNDRUM
01/01/2012 Dr. Cheryl Benard and Eli Sugarman, Caucasus International, Vol.2, No.3, January 2012 …
BEFORE TOMORROW: EXCAVATING THE PAST, BUILDING THE FUTURE IN AFGHANISTAN
10/01/2011 Dr. Cheryl Benard and Dr. Deborah Klimburg-Salter, Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art …
Albania
ALBANIA’S NATIONAL THEATRE ADDED TO “WALL OF SHAME” DUE TO DEMOLITION, RAMA, VELIAJ, AND MUNICIPAL COUNCIL NOTED AS RESPONSIBLE
08/17/2020 Alice Taylor, Exit News …
Greece
PAVLOPETRI: WORLD MONUMENTS WATCH
11/01/2018 …
THE PRESIDENT OF ARCH INTERNATIONAL SPEAKS TO IN.GR: INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO SAVE THE ANCIENT SETTLEMENT OF PAVLOPETRI [IN GREEK]
10/18/2016 Angeliki Stellaki, in.gr news …
PAVLOPETRI NOMINATED TO WORLD MONUMENTS FUND WATCH
04/01/2015 …
Iraq
THE MIRACLE OF THE TOMB OF PROPHET NAHUM
08/01/2020 …
NAHUM’S TOMB—SAFE FOR NOW
07/01/2018 …
Syria
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