Abdul Latif Hashim and Haneen Al-Amassi have been awarded the $40,000 Unesco/Jikji Memory of the World Prize

The roving exhibition—previously staged in London, Berlin, Athens and elsewhere—is a beacon of resilience amid destruction and turmoil

More than 50 Palestinian artists are participating in the worldwide event

A Byzantine church and a seventh-century mosque are believed to have been obliterated, while scores of other cultural landmarks have been affected

The find unearthed by Palestinian archaeology students includes sarcophagi decorated with dolphins and vineyards