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Vilamuseu receives a grant of €8,608.42 for ‘Modernisation, conservation, equipment and adaptation of Vilamuseu infrastructures’.
The Directorate General for Cultural Heritage grants the Town Council of La Vila Joiosa in a resolution of 24 October 2024 a subsidy of 8,608.42 € in accordance with the call for subsidies for museums and recognised permanent museum collections and movable assets of the Valencian Community. This amount has…
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Vilamuseu presents the Bou Ferrer project in Sharja (Arab Emirates), considered a management model by UNESCO.
The Sharja Archaeology Authority in the United Arab Emirates has invited Antonio Espinosa, director of Vilamuseu, to give a paper at the Coastal and Underwater Archaeology Scientific Seminar held at the University of Khorfakkan on 9 and 10 November 2024. Espinosa's talk will focus on The Bou Ferrer Shipwreck Project:…
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31 Oct
A Roman quarry appears in the archaeological excavation of the Roman villa site in Barberes Sur
The Roman villa of Barberes Sud, in Villajoyosa, hid underneath another curious archaeological site that has been a headache for archaeologists for years. Excavations carried out between 2009 and 2012 revealed large, irregularly shaped, oval-shaped pits, connected to each other, which meandered under the foundations of the luxurious High Empire…