Project Materials

Journal Articles

Myers, David, Alison Dalgity, Ioannis Avramides and Dennis Wuthrich. "Arches: An Open Source GIS for the Inventory and Management of Immovable Cultural Heritage." In Marinos Ioannides et al., eds., Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation: 4th International Conference. EuroMed Conference 2012, Lemessos, Cyprus, October 29- November 3, 2012, Proceedings: 817-24. (2012)

Materials Related to the Middle Easten Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA)

Prior to the development of Arches, the Getty Conservation Institute and World Monuments Fund developed the MEGA system which was deployed in Jordan in 2010.

Journal Articles

Myers, David and Alison Dalgity. "The Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA): An Open Source GIS-Based Heritage Site Inventory and Management System," Change Over Time 2.1 (2012): 32-57. (PDF, 503KB)

News Media

Laura Allsop, "Iraq harnesses technology to protect ancient treasures," CNN, July 21, 2011.

Dale Gavlak, "Jordan creates online archaeology treasure trove," Washington Times, April 12, 2011.

Randy Kennedy, "In History-Rich Region, a Very New System Tracks Very Old Things," New York Times, August 24, 2010.

Julie Bloom, "Antiquities Database for the Mideast," New York Times, September 11, 2008.