About Us
CHW is a research program in heritage forensics led by archaeologists at Cornell and Purdue Universities.
We use satellite imagery and open source media to monitor and document endangered and damaged cultural heritage.
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Latest entries from CHW’s blog and social media
CHW Joins Bluesky
You can now follow CHW’s work on Bluesky. Find us there[…]
DAMAGE ALERT: Tandzatap Church
Satellite imagery shows that between Oct. 5, 2023, and April 30,[…]
CHW Releases Monitoring Report #7
CHW today released Monitoring Report #7 on cultural heritage at risk[…]
New CHW Story Map: ‘Wreckage upon wreckage’ in Kalbajar
Azerbaijan destroyed the ruins of two Soviet-era schools, and with them[…]
DESTRUCTION ALERT: Ghazanchetsots cemetery, Shusha/Shushi
Satellite imagery dated April 4 shows that the destruction of the[…]
DESTRUCTION ALERT: St. John the Baptist church, Shusha/Shushi
Between December 28, 2023 and April 4, 2024, St. John the[…]
CHW Releases Monitoring Report #6
On December 4, 2024, CHW released its sixth Monitoring Report, its[…]
DAMAGE ALERT: Ghazanchetsots Cemetery (Shushi/Shusha)
DAMAGE ALERT: Between Oct. 5 and Nov. 3, another Armenian cemetery[…]
DAMAGE ALERT: Yerevan Gate cemetery (Shusha/Shushi)
DAMAGE ALERT: Between Oct. 5 and Nov. 3 bulldozers carved a[…]