 Peru
The Chavin de Huantar, Peru Project , is implemented in collaboration with the Global Heritage Fund. The Chavin is considered the earliest and most developed civilization in Peru's rich history. The Chavin thrived between 1000 and 200 BC (more than 1000 years before the Inca), yet important Chavin artifacts were scattered, neglected or stored away. Funding from CPF provided training for a team of Chavin conservators, conservation and cataloguing of 400 artifacts and the location of a permanent storage space. A catalogue of the most important artifacts is in progress. The success of our work has already attracted significant funding for the project from Peru's Telefonica.
 Nepal
The Bhaktapur, Nepal Project , involves preparing a descriptive catalogue of the important Thanka paintings in the Bhaktapur Museum in Nepal. Bakhtapur, a 13 th century walled city of cobbled streets, palaces and Hindu and Buddhist temples, is one of Nepal's premier cultural destinations. The museum, attached to the Royal Palace, receives tens of thousands of foreign and Nepalese visitors annually to view these traditional paintings, but unfortunately, there is no written information on display. The CPF helped to pay for photographs documenting the collection, research on each Thanka and the production of a museum catalogue to document these invaluable treasures, as well as generate new revenues for the museum.
 Jordan
The Preservation of the Engraved Stones of the Black Desert, Jordan Project, implemented in collaboration with the American Center of Oriental Research. The project focuses on a grouping of carved stones at Rajl situated in the Black Dessert, named the Cairn (groupings of stones) of the Mermaids. Inscribed with text and figures, including drawings of animals, women, figures on horseback, archers hunting, oryxes, lions, and ibexes, these carved stones pre-date the 8 th century. Funding from the CPF will allow for the documentation of the Cairn of the Mermaids site and the conservation of some of the most interesting – and endangered – stones, where they will be moved to the Department of Antiquities Museum in Azraq.
 Nigeria
The Old Residency Museum in Calabar (southeastern Nigeria), the only local branch museum of the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments, has become a repository for a growing collection of artifacts that date from ca 500 - 1500 AD. Most of the artworks, including decorated terracotta vessels, headrests and figurines, have been recovered since 1995, when salvage excavations of sites added to the thousands of treasures already housed at the museum. A museum catalogue sponsored by the Cultural Preservation Fund documents the most important pieces in this collection so that the local population, as well as academics and tourists can appreciate their significance.The Documentary of the Fianarantoso Community, Madagascar. |
