News - Balkan Heritage Field School
The first one-week IMMERSIUM Heritage Field School at the archaeological site Stobi, Republic of N. Macedonia ended on Sunday (04.09).
IMMERSIUM Heritage Field Schools - an opportunity for students and young professionals (18-35 years) from Europe.
The American Institute for Southeast European Studies (AISEES) award for participation in the Balkan Heritage Field School project, Juniper Blue (an Anthropology major at University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale).
After a pause of almost two years, the board of the Balkan Heritage Foundation has decided to open the Balkan Heritage Field School for applications.
AISEES and the Balkan Heritage Foundation are pleased to announce a new scholarship for Balkan Heritage Field School Season 2022!
Tell Yunatsite is one of the most impressive archaeological sites in southeast Europe with a history of occupation spanning from the Middle Ages to the time of Europe’s first prehistoric civilization in the 5th millennium BCE
Balkan Heritage Foundation solidified its partnership with the Regional History Museum Sofia with a framework agreement that outlines research, conservation, heritage management, and documentation projects, on December 18th 2019.
We are pleased to announce that the 2021-2022 Fulbright competition cycle for the U.S. Student Program “Study/Research Award for Archaeology/History”, hosted by Balkan Heritage Foundation in Bulgaria is now open!
In the interest of the health and safety of our participants, colleagues and staff, the Balkan Heritage Field School Board has made the difficult decision to postpone the 2020 season.
The 14th Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) will be held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, October 14-18, 2020 with the #BHF as a local collaborator
Alexandrovo tomb (4th century BCE), Haskovo province, is one of the two monumental Thracian tombs discovered in Bulgaria, with an interior almost entirely decorated with wall paintings.
Our BHFS affiliates Dr. Malgorzata Grebska-Kulova and Darko Stojanovski participating in the the 1st Conference on the Early Neolithic of Europe in Barcelona, Spain (5 - 8.11.2019)
The Regional History Museum Sofia and Balkan Heritage Foundation held the opening of the third exhibition "Preserving the Past, Looking to the Future" on the 5th of December, 2019!
The projects of "Diazoma" as a Successful Example of Interaction between the Non-Governmental and State Sectors for the Benefit of the Preservation and Promotion of the Archaeological Cultural Heritage of Greece
Work on the creation of a Master Conservation Plan for the archaeological site Stobi in North Macedonia, a joint project of National Institute Stobi (NI Stobi) and BHF, is in full swing
In September 2019 Dr. Nayden Prahov, a co-founder and Program Director of BHF, attended the 1st Symposium of Conservation for Underwater Archaeology (ISCUA).
BHFS Administrative Officer Alex Yordanov (Portarev) attended the European Young Heritage Professionals Forum, 20-24 May 2019, Zadar, Croatia, organized by UNESCO in partnership with the European Union, and facilitated by Diadrasis, Greece
The RTI dome campaign was successfully completed! Balkan Heritage
The Balkan Heritage Foundation and its partner institution National Institute of Stobi have been awarded a grant by the J.M. Kaplan Fund for the creation of a Master Conservation Plan for the archaeological site of Stobi in North Macedonia.
We need your support to build a RTI dome that will significantly foster our documentation efforts across the Balkans.
The exhibition also celebrates 30th anniversary of archaeological investigations on the site of emporion Pistiros and commemorates the early passing of its discoverer, Prof. Mieczysław Domaradzki twenty years ago.
Between East and West: Stobi and the Cities in the Roman Provinces on the Balkans
"Balkan Heritage Studies" e-book series continue as a co-publishing enterprise of the Balkan Heritage Foundation and Association of Bulgarian Archaeologists
The Roman Theater of Plovdiv made out of Belgian chocolate raised 2672 BGN for the conservation of Early Byzantine and Roman artefacts found at BHFS sites.
The Jury appreciated the BHFS' extensive contribution to education in archaeology and conservation through multinational collaboration.
The party took place in Sofia on 28.04 and gathered nearly hundred friends and colleagues from around the globe.
The first e-Book of the series "Balkan Heritage Studies" dedicated to St. Theodore Tyro Church in Zimevitsa, Bulgaria was presented at the National Ethnographic Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission, in partnership with Balkan Heritage Foundation, announced a new study/research award in Archaeology/History for the 2018/2019 academic year.
Balkan Heritage Foundation in conjunction with Stone & Compass announces two new scholarships for the Tell Yunatsite project for 2017.
The Balkan Heritage Foundation and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA, will award two merit-based scholarships, 1,200 USD each, for students participating in the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans.
More than 60 Balkan Heritage Foundation affiliates, partners, field school alumni and friends attended the annual BHF meeting to celebrate the successful cooperation over the years
Seventeen lecturers and nearly 200 participants from around Bulgaria, USA and the Balkans attended the international conference on November 28-29, 2016, held in Sofia. It was organized by the Bulgarian Fulbright Commission in partnership with the Balkan Heritage Foundation and other partner organizations.
Two directors of the BHF participated in the 8th World Archaeology Congress in Kyoto, Japan as session co-organizers. Their presentation Cultural Heritage Field Schools – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly illuminated various images of the cultural heritage field schools among the scientific and academic communities and the ways they reflect to the trust and interest for collaboration among potential partners and participants.
The Balkan Heritage Foundation supported the initiative of its partner - Museum of Archaeology in Sozopol, to establish an ethnography museum in the coastal town.
An almost complete Mycenaean vessel, an alabastron, was found this summer at the Late Bronze Age (13th cent. BCE) settlement and #BHFS dig site Bresto in Southwestern Bulgaria.
The Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), Bulgaria, and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA are delighted to announce awarding of two scholarships for field school season 2016 for students participating in the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans.
The Balkan Heritage Foundation and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA, once again will award three merit-based scholarships, 1,200 USD each, for students participating in the BHF-IFR Program for the Balkans.
A generous alumnus in the Balkan Heritage Field School at Stobi in season 2015 has donated 20,000 USD to the site of Stobi.
Instructors and students in the Balkan Heritage Field School for 3D archaeological recording (photogrammetry and RTI) at ancient Hellenistic and Roman city of Stobi (Republic of Macedonia), have produced three-dimensional digital models of more than 30 artifacts.
Our friend and alumnus Robert Goodwin and his wife Julie Kiernan have donated 4,000 USD through their company Stone & Compass Balkan Ecotourism and Cultural Retreat to #BHFS Tell Yunatsite excavation project, Bulgaria.
The #Balkan Heritage Foundation is launchung a fundraising campaign to purchase research equipment to enable the creation of virtual museums and tours for the archaeological sites.Can you chip in now and make this happen?
In February 2016 dig directors of four Balkan Heritage Field School projects reported on the work being done at the sites of Apollonia, Ilindentsi, Pistiros and Tell Yunatsite in 2015 at the Annual Archaeological Reports at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum
The US Embassy in Bulgaria announced the establishment of the Commission in late June, 2015.
Up to 4 graduate study awards for U.S. citizens in Bulgaria plus one Bulgarian-Romanian and one Bulgarian-Greek grant. Competition deadline: 13 October, 2015. 5:00 pm Eastern time.
An osteoarchaeological study of human remains from the Tell Yunatsite Chalcolithic layers, conducted by German scientists Steve Zäuner and Joachim Wahl (University of Tübingen), has confirmed the possibly earliest case of successful amputation in Southeastern Europe.
Last week Dr. George Bevan and Miglena Raykovska presented the case of the Church of St. Petka in Balsha, Bulgaria (studied in 2014 during the #BHFS Fresco Hunting Expedition) at the second Virtual Archaeology Conference, St. Petersburg (Russia).
Stone and Compass Organization donated 3000 USD for further study and excavation of recently found Chacolithic (fifth millennium BC) building at Tell Yunatsite, Bulgaria. The project will take place in July, 2015.
The exhibition "The Saga of the Thracian Kings. Archaeological Discoveries in Bulgaria" displayed at the Louvre from April 16, 2015 to July 20, 2015 contain artifacts from two of the #BHFS excavation sites: Apollonia and Pistiros.
Balkan Heritage Foundation, Bulgaria and Institute for Field Research, USA granted two scholarships (1000 USD each) to students participating in the #BHFS in 2015.
At the invitation of the #BHF Dr. Roberto Nardi, president of ICCM will present three public lectures on three conservation projects he directed as follows: the prehistoric sculptures of Monteprama, Sardinia, Italy, the mosaics of the Roman city of Zeugma, Turkey and the mosaic of the Transfiguration in the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai, Egypt. The lectures will take place consequently on April 20, 21 and 22 in Sofia, Plovdiv (Bulgaria) and Skopie (Republic of Macedonia).
The strategic partnership between the Balkan Heritage Foundation, Bulgaria, and the Institute for Field Research, USA begins with the creation of a joint program that will enable #BHFS students to obtain 8 US semester credit units.
Dr. Elena Marinova-Wolff, botanist, reported about a charred seed of black henbane - a plant that has a strong psychotropic effect and causes hallucinations, found in the 2014 soil samples from the Neolithic settlement at Ilindentsi, Bulgaria.
Reports from the #BHFS excavation projects in Ilindentsi, Tell Yunatsite, Pistiros and Apollonia were presented before Bulgarian publicity and archaeological community.
A review of the #BHFS Workshop on Roman Mosaics in Stobi, Republic of Macedonia presented at the 12th Conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) in October, 2014 in Sardinia, Italy is now in the the ICCM Newsletter #15.
On 12-16 January, 2015 the #BHFS and its partners received a visit by representatives of the Institute for Field Research, USA.
The Annual meeting of the #BHFS Advisory Board along with presentation of the results in the past season took place in Sofia.
Tailor-made tours to Athens, Delphi and Thessaloniki, Greece and Istanbul and Troy, Turkey corresponding to the #BHFS Program will start in 2015.
The mayor of Strumyani and Dr. Malgorzata Grebska-Kulov opened the exhibition presenting the Neolithic settlement in Ilindentsi and the #BHFS project there through photographs of Lora Parmakova and many Neolithic artifacts mostly found by the BHFS students.
After another successful season Apollonia Pontica Excavations project 2014 by the #BHFS is over. New discoveries reveal secrets of the ancient temple of Apollo.
New paper uploded on Academia.edu by the #BHFS affiliated archaeologist Margarit Damyanov (PhD in Archaeology), National Institute of Archaeology with Museum, BAS
The #BHFS project along with the dig at Neolithic settlement in Ilindentsi are starting with a group of 14 passionate students.
The 2014 #BHFS courses on Reflectance Transformation Imaging and Photogrammetry led by Canadian visiting professors Dr. George Bevan and Alexander Gabov ended today.
Do you remember the white and empty hall in the museum of Septemvri, Bulgaria? Well, here it is now completed with a small but very illustrative exhibition revealing the history and life of the Emporion Pistiros where one of the #BHFS projects takes place.
The two #BHFS workshops on conservation and documentation of Roman mosaics & wall paintings and Roman pottery & glassware started in Stobi, Republic of Macedonia.
An interview with Ass. Prof. Yavor Boyadzhiev, BHFS Advisory Board member and director of excavation at Tell Yunatsite, where one of the #BHFS projects takes place published in the MAGAZINE EIGNT 2/2013
Exhibition at the Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia (15.05 - 15.06.2014). Finds from Tell Yunatsite, where one of the #BHFS projects takes place are on display along with other iconic Neolithic and Chalcolithic (7th - 5th millennium BC) artifacts.
Reports from the #BHFS excavation projects in Ilindentsi, Tell Yunatsite, Pistiros and Apollonia were presented before Bulgarian publicity and archaeological community.