In 2018 Balkan Heritage Foundation Celebrates 10th Anniversary
PROGRAMS
Our Heritage
The Balkan Heritage Foundation supports numerous research and/or conservation projects (currently in Bulgaria and Republic of Macedonia) such as excav...
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Voluntarism
The Balkan Heritage Foundation supports several volunteer initiatives as: Volunteer work camps supporting cultural heritage protection - in cooperati...
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NEWS
The First BHF E-Book of the Series “Balkan Heritage Studies” Presented in Sofia, Bulgaria
On 11.01.2018 the Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), and Dr. Angel Angelov (the author) presented the BHF e-book dedicated to the late medieval church ...
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BHF Director Elected to International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM) Board
Between the 15th and 20th of October 2017, three members of the Balkan Heritage Foundation team and two affiliates: Ivan Vasilev (CEO), Angela Penchev...
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BHF welcomes Fulbright Scholars for 2017/2018
The Balkan Heritage Foundation along with the National Archaeological Institute and Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are excited to host two Fulb...
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New Fulbright Research Award for 2018/2019
The Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission, in partnership with Balkan Heritage Foundation, announced a new study/research award in Archaeology/Histo...
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BHF-IFR Scholarships for Season 2017
The Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), Bulgaria, and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA, would like to remind interested applicants that in 20...
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BHF Scholarships for the Field School at Tell Yunatsite
Balkan Heritage Foundation is pleased to announce two new scholarships for the field school at Tell Yunatsite, Bulgaria!
Thanks to a generous dona...
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The Balkan Heritage Foundation Supported the Establishment of a New Exhibition at the Ethnography Museum in Sozopol
The Balkan Heritage Foundation supported the initiative of its partner - the Museum of Archaeology in Sozopol, to establish a new exhibition at the Et...
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Conference: “Museum Exhibits and Standards: A Look Ahead”, November 28-29, 2016
A conference sponsored by the Bi-National Commission for the Preservation of Bulgaria’s Cultural Heritage. Free of charge and open to the public.
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BHF-IFR Scholarships for season 2016
The Balkan Heritage Foundation (BHF), Bulgaria, and the Institute for Field Research (IFR), USA, are happy to remind interested applicants that in 201...
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20 000 USD Donation for the Archaeological site of Stobi
A generous alumnus in the Balkan Heritage Field School at Stobi in season 2015 has donated 20,000 USD to the site of Stobi. The purpose of the donatio...
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3-D Models from Stobi (Republic of Macedonia)
The Balkan Heritage Field School students attending a field school for 3D archaeological recording (photogrammetry and Reflectance Transformation Imag...
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Donation to BHFS Site at Tell Yunatsite
Our friend and alumnus Robert Goodwin and his wife Julie Kiernan have donated 4,000 USD to the BHFS excavation site at Tell Yunatsite, Bulgaria throug...
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Research Equipment Needed: the Balkan Heritage Foundation is Launching a Fundraising Campaign
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Partners,
Since 2014, the Balkan Heritage Foundation has been integrating advanced photo documentation techniques into...
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BHF Dig Directors Report at Annual Conference of Bulgarian Archaeologists
In February 2016 dig directors of four Balkan Heritage Field School projects reported on the work being done at the sites of Apollonia, Ilindentsi, Pi...
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BHF Chair Becomes Member of the Bulgarian-American Commission for the Preservation of Bulgaria’s Cultural Heritage
The founder and CEO of Balkan Heritage Foundation, Mr. Ivan Vasilev was honored to become a member of the bilateral Bulgarian-American Commission for ...
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Fulbright Graduate Study Awards in Bulgaria
Up to 4 graduate study awards plus one Bulgarian-Romanian and one Bulgarian-Greek grant. Awards are open to any field except for clinical medicine and...
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Prehistoric Surgery? The Oldest Evidence of Amputation in Southeastern Europe Uncovered at Tell Yunatsite, Bulgaria
An astonishing insight on Prehistoric life has been recently revealed by archaeologists at the excavations of Tell Yunatsite (Bulgaria). The Balk...
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BHF Celebrates 10th Anniversary