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Exploring the extremes: connecting underwater and outer space heritage and tourism

Journal of Heritage Tourism
Just as early navigators set sail to explore the oceans, astronauts venture into space to explore distant planets, moons, and celestial bodies. Exploring the depths of the oceans or travelling into the cosmos represents a quest for discovery, pushing the
E. Perez-Alvaro
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Underwater Cultural Heritage as a Water Resource: Knowledge for Sustainability

Journal of Heritage Management
This article explores how knowledge of underwater cultural heritage can emerge as a valuable water resource, contributing to the water-related objectives outlined in the 2030 United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development, specifically Goal 6: Clean ...
E. Perez-Alvaro
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Unearthing Sunken Treasures: Harnessing Underwater Cultural Heritage For Tourism Growth In Galle, Sri Lanka

Proceedings International Conference on Marine Tourism and Hospitality Studies
The allure of delving into ancient, submerged realms has catapulted underwater cultural heritage to prominence within the marine tourism sector. Among the coastal jewels of Sri Lanka, Galle stands out as a city steeped in historical significance, having ...
Suduweli Kondage Lathisha Jayangi Ramanayaka
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Underwater Cultural Heritage in Bermuda

2002
The first recorded encounter of Bermuda was between 1503 and 1505 by Spaniard Juan Bermudez on a return trip to Europe, on the eastern side of the Gulf Stream at 64°40′ West and 32°20′ North. In the centuries before the invention of the Harrison chronometer, which allowed for the routine determination of longitude, Bermuda served as a navigational ...
Clifford Earle Smith, Edward Cecil Harris   +1 more
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Preserving India’s Underwater Cultural Heritage: Navigating the Need, Challenges, and Strategies in Dwarka, Gujarat

Journal of Heritage Management
This article analyses the lost city of Dwarka, which is believed to be the ancient city of Dwarka, mentioned in ancient Indian texts such as the Mahabharata, Harivansh Purana and the Vishnu Purana.
Vikrant B. Pandya, Parag Sanghani
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Code of underwater cultural heritage site of Russia: Part III: Russian underwater cultural heritage abroad

2020
The paper is substantially a publication of a scientific and reference nature designed to give a general idea of the Russian underwater cultural heritage located abroad. The Code is underlain by information resulting from the exploration of archival sources and literature, historical and search portals, websites, etc.
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Enhancing Protection of Underwater Heritage Assets

2019
The project considers the underpinning issues, the law, the capabilities of the principal actors (and others) offshore, their limitations in the context of Underwater Heritage Assets protection and some potential solutions. It concludes with a number of recommendations.
Bean, Emma, Williams, Michael, Lowther, Jason, Gall, Sarah   +3 more
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Underwater corrosion of metallic heritage artefacts

2013
This chapter deals with the description of suitable and innovative solution devoted to preserve metallic artefacts in their original contexts, underwater cultural heritage sites of archaeological and historical interest, as well as with the analysis of the degradation processes of ferrous and non-ferrous artefacts induced by contact with the aggressive
ANGELINI, EMMA PAOLA MARIA VIRGINIA, GRASSINI, Sabrina, Tusa S.   +2 more
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Salvage and the underwater cultural heritage

Marine Policy, 1996
Abstract The Buenos Aires draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage proposes in article 4 the exclusion of salvage law from the underwater cultural heritage. This echoes certain statutory provisions in the USA. However it is inconsistent with UNCLOS and the International Salvage Convention 1989. Archaeological information
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Difficult Heritage: Interpreting Underwater Battlefield Sites

2013
This chapter provides an in-depth discussion on the process of developing a WWII maritime heritage trail in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It explores the theory and practice and problems and solutions of interpreting and managing difficult heritage such as a battlefield. A range of topics is discussed, including local engagement
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