Khirbet et-Tireh: Giving a neglected, endangered ancient site new potential for tourism and learning

On February 2018, Salah Al-Houdalieh published a new study in Galileo, 2018, volume 232, PP: 24-27 titled "Khirbet et-Tireh: Giving a neglected, endangered ancient site new potential for tourism and learning"

The article aimed to inadequate law enforcement; a lack of funding and well-trained professionals in the areas of conservation and site management; and lack of coordination among the relevant parties concerned with cultural heritage. Add to this the ongoing local and regional political crises, Israeli construction of settlements, bypass roads, and separation barrier, and the fragmentation of the West Bank, under the Oslo II accord signed in September 1995 into three administration areas A, B and C.  

The results of this study demonstrated that there have been damage to, or the complete demolition of, the cultural layers and all associated features and artifacts - and thus the loss of much valuable information necessary for the recon suction of the past.

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