Central America promotes its underwater cultural heritage through a virtual exhibition

Central America promotes its underwater cultural heritage through a virtual exhibition. The UNESCO Office in San José has collaborated with the Central American Integration System (SICA) and its Educational and Cultural Coordination (CECC/SICA) in the organization of a virtual exhibition on the underwater cultural heritage of the eight countries of the SICA Region: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. The launch of this exhibition, which is hosted on the cultural promotion platform of the SICA website, took place virtually on Monday, November 22, through an event open to the public. The event included the presentation “Preserving humanity’s submerged past, heritage transforming societies towards a sustainable future” by Dr. Arturo Rey da Silva, from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology of the University of Edinburgh, member of ICOMOS-ICUCH, as well as the presentation “Challenges and challenges for the protection and dissemination of submerged heritage” by Ms. Andrea Rojas, Ph. Andrea Rojas, PhD student of the Archaeology and Maritime History Program of the University of Cadiz.