Balkan Heritage Foundation
Our mission is to support the study, protection, conservation. management and promotion of the cultural heritage of Southeastern Europe

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Alexandrovo Tomb: 20 years later
The conference is held as part of the joint partnership program between the National Archaeological Institute with Museum to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Balkan Heritage Foundation, and Haskovo Regional Museum of History, aimed at protecting the Alexandrovo tomb.

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BEMA Online Seminars
Our new platform for lectures in archaeology, anthropology, heritage conservation and management centered on the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. We offer both local and international scholars an opportunity to share their knowledge and expertise with a global audience.

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MA Program in Balkan & Eastern Mediterraean Archaeology
In partnership with the Balkan Heritage Foundation, New Bulgarian University is now offering an MA program in Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology.

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Balkan Heritage Field School
Stay tuned with our field school program after the Covid19 pandemic.

Balkan Heritage Foundation, established in 2008

Programs

Our Heritage

The Balkan Heritage Foundation supports numerous research and/or conservation projects (currently in Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Republic of North Macedonia) such as excavations, expeditions, conservation and documentation workshops, contributing to the study, preservation, promotion and utilization of the Cultural Heritage of the Balkans.

Advocacy & Volunteering

The Balkan Heritage Foundation organizes campaigns for raising public awareness on local heritage issues. It is involved in the development of regional strategies for the utilization and management of cultural heritage and development of cultural tourism for municipalities in cooperation with local museum, government, and non-government organizations and stakeholders.

Education

Balkan Heritage Foundation‘s main goals consist of the promotion and development of quality education in the fields of Archaeology and History, Conservation and Restoration, Cultural Resource Management, etc. It is achieved through our Field School Program and Public lectures.

Meetings & Events

The Balkan Heritage Foundation organizes and implements exhibitions, conferences, donation campaigns, training courses, online seminars and much more.

Conferences, News

The Alexandrovo Tomb. 20 Years Later

20 years ago, near the village of Alexandrovo, Bulgaria, a remarkable monument of Thracian architecture from the early Hellenistic period 4th-3rd c. BCE was discovered.