{"id":52664,"date":"2025-12-19T09:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/?p=52664"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T15:01:31","slug":"building-capacity-for-underwater-cultural-heritage-preservation-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iie.org\/blog\/building-capacity-for-underwater-cultural-heritage-preservation-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Capacity for Underwater Cultural Heritage Preservation in Saudi Arabia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Course is Part of a Suite of Capacity Building Programs&nbsp;that IIE Supports&nbsp;in Partnership&nbsp;with&nbsp;the Heritage Commission&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute of International Education (IIE) partnered&nbsp;with the&nbsp;Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\u2019s&nbsp;Heritage Commission and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)&nbsp;to conduct&nbsp;a&nbsp;transformative Underwater Cultural Heritage training course in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 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