Global Heritage Fund

Heritage Roundup on June 1 A roundup of recent news from the heritage field: – Archeologists solve the mystery of a green, mummified baby hand attached to a not-so-mummified skeleton – How the biodiversity of sacred sites could help world conservation – A robot discovered the "holy grail of shipwrecks" containing billions of dollars in cargo
 – Tourist are fined for stealing ancient artifacts from Pompeii
 – A hiking trail in the Sinai Peninsula develops new tourism options in Egypt
 – Researchers discover the lost royal city of Mardama from clues in ancient tablets — LINKS AND RESOURCES “The Baby’s Hand Was Mummified. Why Wasn’t the Rest of Its Body?” from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/science/mummified-baby-hand.html “Sacred sites have a biodiversity advantage that could help world conservation” from The Conversation:
https://theconversation.com/sacred-sites-have-a-biodiversity-advantage-that-could-help-world-conservation-95599 “A robot found the "holy grail of shipwrecks" containin