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| Museum with 2,013 Artefacts in Bitola
Cultural Monuments : (Dnevnik, 16.12.2009) – A grand museum setting is opening in the Institute and Museum in Bitola at 7:00 p.m. today to mark the 75th anniversary of the Museum. Total 2,013 artefacts from the historical past of the Bitola region will be exhibited after they have been held in the Institute depots for years.
The rich collection will be presented in a restored museum hall covering 700 square meters.
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| | Promotion of “Neolithic Communities in the Republic of Macedonia”
Cultural Monuments : (www.culture.in.mk, 17.11.2009) – “Neolithic Communities in the Republic of Macedonia,” a joint work by young authors, archaeologists Goce Naumov, Ljubo Fidanoski, Igor Tolevski and Aneta Ivkovska will be promoted in the Museum of the City of Skopje at 8.00 p.m. today.
The book is published by Dante and will be promoted by archaeologist Pasko Kuzman.
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| | Ohrid Church “St.Perivlepta” to Receive US Restoration Grant
Cultural Monuments : (Vest, 09.10.2009) - Ohrid’s 14th-century church “St.Perivlepta” will be restored through a US$650,000 grant, said US ambassador Philip Reeker at Wednesday’s exhibition “Art in Embassies”.
The US Embassy applied with the restoration project developed by the Office for Cultural Monuments Protection before the United States along with 16 other embassies worldwide to obtain the grant. Three embassies received funds, among which the one in Macedonia.
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| Stip – Restoration of Cultural Centres
Cultural Monuments : (Vecer, 23.09.2009) – Reconstruction of Aco Sopov Culture Centre, the Theatre, Jewish Cemetery, conservation of the Isar Fortress is a part of projects implemented with Ministry of Culture funds. Work on repair of the stage, interior renovation and façade reconstruction is under way at Aco Sopov Centre.
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| U.S. Financial Support for Reconstruction of Daut Pasha Amam
Cultural Monuments : (Dnevnik, 17.09.2009) – The U.S. Embassy in Macedonia has pledged donation of US$ 54,000 for reconstruction of Daut Pasha Amam, a monument of culture in the Skopje Old Bazaar.
Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kanceska – Milevska, U.S. Ambassador Philip Reeker, and Director of the National Gallery of Macedonia Maja Krstevska signed an agreement on the donation yesterday.
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| | Figurines, Stone Tools, Bones, Ceramics…Unearthed near Spancevo
Cultural Monuments : (Vecer, 15.09.2009) – Artefacts typical for the Eneolith including ceramics, figurines, stone tools and bones have been unearthed at St. Atanasij site outside the village of Spancevo.
The findings result from probes lunched last year when a man’s head figure from the period of Eneolith was found, a rare archaeological item in this part of Macedonia and elsewhere.
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| Zrze Reveals Early Christian Basilica
Cultural Monuments : (Spic, 09.09.2009) – An early Christian basilica has been unearthed during archaeological excavations in the Zrze Monastery compound. According to archaeologists, the basilica had two life phases: first in the 5th and 6th centuries, and second in the 9th to 15th centuries. It was discovered 100 meters to the north of the monastery.
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| In Veles - Latin Cemetery and Kale to Be Explored
Cultural Monuments : (Vecer, 06.08.2009) – Archaeologists of the National Museum in Veles will resume excavations at two antique sites, Latin Cemetery near the village of Rastani and Kale in the vicinity of the village of Zgropolci.
At the Latin Cemetery, a team of archaeologists will excavate a residential structure that was discovered by accident in 2006 during construction works for a new cemetery of the town of Veles. According to the head of the project, archaeologist Anita Vasilkova Midoska, the site belonged to the antique period.
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| | Antique Bilazora Was Major Fortification of Macedonia
Cultural Monuments : (Dnevnik, 04.08. 2009) – The antique site of Bilazora had a perfect geo-strategic position because of which it was a major “shield” for the Paeonic and the Macedonian state to the north and an important administrative centre for five centuries.
“We have expected for long to unearth and definitely confirm the location of Bilazora, one of the largest towns at the Paeonic Macedonian times.
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| 12th-Century Ring Arrives in Macedonia
Cultural Monuments : (Vest, 28.07.2008) - A child’s bronze ring dating from the 12th century arrived in an anonymous package in the Museum of Macedonia last week. The letter, sent from Plzen, Czech Republic, reads in English that the sender received the ring as a gift, but believed that it belongs to Macedonia and its cultural heritage.
According to the model, the ring comes from the central Balkan region, which includes Macedonia, dating from the 12th century.
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| | Memorial House of Vasil Glavinov to be Restored in Veles
Cultural Monuments : (Vecer, 23.07.2009) - In the framework of the 140th anniversary from the birth and 80th anniversary from the death of renaissance man Vasil Glavinov, his memorial house will be restored in Veles.
The house will be renovated by the year-end, funded by the Ministry of Culture and Veles National Museum.
Vasil Glavinov worked on the identity of the Macedonian people in Sofia...
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| Invaluable Archaeological Findings Excavated in Ohrid
Cultural Monuments : (MIA, 20.07.2009) - The items excavated yesterday at site Gorna Porta in Ohrid are invaluable for Macedonia, but also for the archaeological science in general, said Sunday director of the Culture Heritage Protection Office, Pasko Kuzman.
Kuzman stated that 17 graves, most of which from the Macedonian-Hellenistic period (5th century BC) were excavated, including diverse items, mostly jewelry.
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| | Significant Findings at Heraklea
Cultural Monuments : (Dnevnik, 09.07.2009) – Coins, a mead mug and utensils have been unearthed at the ancient site of Heraklea. According to Anica Gjorgievska and Engin Nasuh, the artefacts will enrich significantly the collection of the Bitola Museum.
The intensive excavations of Heraklea point to new evidence about the settlement.
Nasuh says that the unearthing of the South Wall has revealed that life in the settlement did not end in the 6th century B.C. but lasted a few more centuries.
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| Ottoman Artefacts Unearthed at Tetovo Kale
Cultural Monuments : (Utrinski vesnik, 01.07.2009) – Three tunnels, underground corridors connecting the tunnels, a kitchen with a dining room, an indoor and an outdoor saray, a double well are only a part of the structures unearthed during archaeological excavations of the Tetovo Fortress (Kale). Several items including a silver-gilded cigarette box with preserved tobacco, a few coins from the Turkish period, ceramic fragments of pipes etc. and three tombs have been found.
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