The most famous archaeological site is sick. But, professor Tala Akasheh, is maybe the man who could save Petra…

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The repeated damage at one of the world’s most important archaeological sites is proving an embarrassment for Italy, and giving credence to accusations that the entire ancient city is in a state of decay. A few weeks ago,on novembre 6, Italy was embarrassed when a frescoed house, the Schola Armaturarum, where gladiators prepared for combat, was reduced to a pile of stones and dust in seconds. (Less than a year ago, another building, the House of the Chaste Lovers, collapsed in Pompeii) Three weeks later a stretch of garden wall ringing an ancient house in gave way after days of torrential rain. Two days after two ancient walls fell down , making four collapses in less than a month !
The collapses made world headlines and triggered criticism of sharp budget cuts and charges of neglect of Italy’s vast archaeological heritage.

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It’s not easy being paradise on earth in a country so often censured by the West…Arising out of the desert four thousand years ago, the capital of Syria again bats her eyelashes to seduce the voyager. Restoration of its palaces, enhancement of its mosques, redevelopment of its souks, Old Damascus is giving itself a beauty treatment.

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Come this summer, visitors to Rome will be able to see parts of the Roman Colosseum never before open to the public. For the first time tourists will soon be able to visit the underground of the Colosseum, where gladiators once prepared for fights and lions and tigers were caged before entertaining a blood thirsty public.

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Far from the Angkor temples going through staggering revival and tourist development, Cambodia shelters a handful of forgotten temples, unbeknownst marvels still left alone for some time.

Photos and text by Marc Dozier/LightMediation

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In these Ecuadorian Pacific islands, second worldwide marine reservation protected by a national park, animal is king and man is just tolerated. Between cliffs, mangrove swamps and moonlike landscapes, go and meet an extraordinary fauna.

Photos and text by Jean Robert / LightMediation

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Each year on January 19, Timkat, or the festival of Epiphany,commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River. This holiday, more lavish than Christmas, is celebrated with the most pageantry in Lalibela, the « Black Jerusalem », in Ethiopia.

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Entre Porto Fino au nord et La Spezia au Sud, cinq « terres » ou bourgs sont accrochés aux éperons rocheux de la côte ligure. Ici entre ciel et mer, c’est le vignoble ou plutôt le vin qui a façonné à la fois l’histoire,les coeurs et les paysages! Havre de paix au coeur d’une Riviera italienne toujours plus turbulente, les Cinque Terre font partie du patrimoine mondial depuis 1997.

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Final link in an extensive European itinerary connecting the Black Sea to the Atlantic, the bicycle-riding path crossing the Loire Valley allows for a palatable journey between the wilderness and great history. A trip accessible to all led by a famed guide:France’s longest river classified in Humanity’s world heritage!

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