16 result(s) for archaeologist in Community & Culture
Location Of Hungarian Poet’s Remain Still Unknown
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
There continues to be no evidence to prove that the remains of 19th century poet Sándor Petõfi were found in Barguzin, Siberia, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences emphasized on Wednesday. The Academy told state news agency MTI that there were several shortcomings found in connection with a DNA test recently conducted in China.
Hungary Offers Help With Cultural Sites Destroyed In Iraq
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary is prepared to provide help in assessing the scale of damage done recently by extremists to ancient cultural sites in Iraq as well as restoration work, a state secretary of the foreign ministry said on Friday. Hungarian experts with extensive knowledge of these sites and a wellestablished network of contacts would start field work as soon as the military situation allows, said István ...
Media Authority In Hungary Decides On Funding Documentaries & Science Films
- 20 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary’s media authority (NMHH) has decided to provide funding for the making of 16 documentaries and nine popular science films from this year’s budget. Among the documentaries, Csaba Bartal’s piece analyses the political aspects of the exile of Hungary’s post-WWII communist leader Mátyás Rákosi and the last 15 years he spent in the Soviet Union.
Now On: Ancient Hungarian Cemetery, National Museum, Budapest
- 9 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The first finds from the Hungarian Conquest period of the 10th century at Nagykörű, a village on the right bank of the River Tisza, 25 kilometres northeast of the town of Szolnok, were excavated in 1891. In the autumn of 2010 the local authority at the village started building a new créche in the village centre and while digging the foundations more ancient Hungarian burials were found.
14th Century Church Fresco Uncovered In Budapest
- 24 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Pest Downtown Church parish priest Zoltán Osztie and archaeologist Imre Bodor presented a rediscovered Middle Ages fresco to the media on Thursday.
'Statue Of The Boy With Astralags', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, Shown Until 20 August
- 10 Aug 2010 1:40 AM
- community & culture
"The life-size statue measuring 1.02 m represents a boy of about three or four years. With his left hand the child is pressing several astragals against his chest. He is standing on his right leg, the left leg is put slightly sidewards, while his gaze is directed to the right. On closer inspection it becomes obvious that the statue consists of different ancient and modern parts: an ancient torso, ...
Roman-Era basilica Found In Pécs
- 14 Apr 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman complex of buildings, including a pagan tem-ple later used as a Christian basilica, on the corner of Jókai u. and Rákóczi út in Pécs.
Location Of Hungarian Poet’s Remain Still Unknown
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
There continues to be no evidence to prove that the remains of 19th century poet Sándor Petõfi were found in Barguzin, Siberia, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences emphasized on Wednesday. The Academy told state news agency MTI that there were several shortcomings found in connection with a DNA test recently conducted in China.
Hungary Offers Help With Cultural Sites Destroyed In Iraq
- 30 Mar 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary is prepared to provide help in assessing the scale of damage done recently by extremists to ancient cultural sites in Iraq as well as restoration work, a state secretary of the foreign ministry said on Friday. Hungarian experts with extensive knowledge of these sites and a wellestablished network of contacts would start field work as soon as the military situation allows, said István ...
Media Authority In Hungary Decides On Funding Documentaries & Science Films
- 20 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary’s media authority (NMHH) has decided to provide funding for the making of 16 documentaries and nine popular science films from this year’s budget. Among the documentaries, Csaba Bartal’s piece analyses the political aspects of the exile of Hungary’s post-WWII communist leader Mátyás Rákosi and the last 15 years he spent in the Soviet Union.
Now On: Ancient Hungarian Cemetery, National Museum, Budapest
- 9 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The first finds from the Hungarian Conquest period of the 10th century at Nagykörű, a village on the right bank of the River Tisza, 25 kilometres northeast of the town of Szolnok, were excavated in 1891. In the autumn of 2010 the local authority at the village started building a new créche in the village centre and while digging the foundations more ancient Hungarian burials were found.
14th Century Church Fresco Uncovered In Budapest
- 24 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Pest Downtown Church parish priest Zoltán Osztie and archaeologist Imre Bodor presented a rediscovered Middle Ages fresco to the media on Thursday.
'Statue Of The Boy With Astralags', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest, Shown Until 20 August
- 10 Aug 2010 1:40 AM
- community & culture
"The life-size statue measuring 1.02 m represents a boy of about three or four years. With his left hand the child is pressing several astragals against his chest. He is standing on his right leg, the left leg is put slightly sidewards, while his gaze is directed to the right. On closer inspection it becomes obvious that the statue consists of different ancient and modern parts: an ancient torso, ...
Roman-Era basilica Found In Pécs
- 14 Apr 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman complex of buildings, including a pagan tem-ple later used as a Christian basilica, on the corner of Jókai u. and Rákóczi út in Pécs.