Protection of Tangible Cultural Heritage of the Arab Civilization (Heritage of Iraq and Libya as a Model)

(Heritage of Iraq and Libya as a Model)

Abstract

The issue of protecting cultural heritage is one of the important issues that has emerged since the beginning of the last century. Interest in heritage, whether for the purpose of reviving it or studying and preserving it, has also become a common phenomenon in our contemporary society. Objectives: The research aims to define the types of material cultural heritage that abound in archaeological sites and the risks they face, whether natural challenges or human transgressions, especially armed conflicts in light of the fierce attack faced by the places of civilization, in some of those risk-prone areas. We have taken Iraq and Libya as a model for our research for comparison, as they are one of the most important regions that have been subjected to abuses, especially armed conflicts, and the dangerous consequences they have had on the reality of heritage, which requires many measures to limit these abuses, as well as the challenges facing them, drawing on the similarities in some sites. And the similarities in those challenges and the transgressions he faced. Text: The research included the following: 1- Introducing the cultural heritage in general. 2-Explaining the types of archaeological sites and their role in protecting the cultural heritage. 3-The research addressed the natural challenges and human transgressions affecting the cultural heritage, which fully affected the heritage and reduced them. 4- Explaining the forms of protection and preservation of heritage, as the protection of cultural heritage takes many forms, including scientific, legal, administrative and security protection. 5-Conclusions.