Preservation of Cultural Heritage Sites of Minority Communities in Northern Iraq

$4M USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	University of Pennsylvania
Country	Iraq
Start Date	Jul 09, 2018
End Date	May 09, 2023
Duration	1,765 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`78128-48`

Grant Description

Cultural heritage sites hold historic, artistic, or cultural significance to minority communities in Iraq and were targeted for destruction by ISIS and other terrorist groups.

This project involves conservation needs assessments of sites in and around Mosul and the emergency stabilization and conservation of a subset of assessed sites.