Dr. Michelle de Gruchy
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Dr. Michelle de Gruchy
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Landscape archaeologist. Research interests: archaeology of Mesopotamia, past mobility, and cultural property protection.
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
We are including cultural heritage damage assessments in the live webmap. Go there for the latest results. It is being updated as we get cloud-free images from the International Charter Space & Major Disasters to conduct our assessments unosat.org/products/4210
UNOSAT
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November 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Building Damage Assessment in Black River Village, Saint Elizabeth Parish unosat.org/products/4212
UNOSAT
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November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For example, this Building Damage Assessment in Crawford Village, Black River District, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica unosat.org/products/4211

Dedicated sectoral analysis reports on cultural heritage 🏺 are forthcoming.
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If look at the location in Google Earth, using the time slider, can you see a cow feeder there at any point?
August 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Ancients and Thin Edge of the Wedge are a couple podcasts that interview archaeologists. Both will mention if the person interviewed has a new book on the topic of the podcast, but the book isn't the focus.
January 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Thanks!
January 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thanks!
December 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
A bit. HOT's focus is on mapping where things are, which is really important. UNOSAT doesn't usually do mapping in that sense (unless required), rather the focus is on identifying damage/affected areas with first results usually within 24 hours.
November 23, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Agreed!
November 12, 2024 at 6:26 AM
You can find many UNOSAT maps and datasets resulting from activations of the humanitarian emergency mapping service here: unosat.org/products/
November 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM
UNOSAT's Humanitarian Emergency Mapping Service is underpinned by the International Charter Space & Major Disasters disasterscharter.org/web/guest/ho...
November 11, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Later in the evening there was also a photographic presentation by a team that has been documenting damage to cultural heritage [6/6]
March 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
A paper about the "violation" (Google Translate) of cemeteries and Islamic shrines by Muhammed Fahad Al-Qar; a paper on The Position of Terrorist Groups on Places of Worship in Iraq: al-Hamdaniya Churches as an example by Zakaria Hashem Ahmed Al-Khader and Zain Al-Abidin Musa Jaafar...[5/?]
March 15, 2024 at 3:02 PM
A paper on the origins and formation of Arab-Islamic cities by Muhammed Hamad Ahmad, Abdulaziz Khudair Abbas, and Areej Ahmed Hussein; a paper entitled (using Google Translate) Methods of Obliterating Cultural Identity and Methods of Deterrence and Prevention by Alaa Savory Abdulaziz Mustafa...[4/?]
March 15, 2024 at 2:49 PM
A paper by Alaa Hassan Mardan Al-Lami specifically on Islamic heritage and how it's interpreted; another paper by Hussein Aliwi Nassar Al-Zayadi and Hossem Sabbar Hadi on the trafficking of antiquities from Iraq...[3/?]
March 15, 2024 at 2:45 PM
The conference on countering extremism and terrorism was held in Karbala karbala-intel.net/english/8288 The papers in the cultural heritage session were: Ways to Protect Algerian Archaeological Heritage in light of National legislation and International Agreements by Amaj Bellacem, [2/?]
March 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM