‘Haya bina Thyna’ project officially launched

Tunis: The international partnership project for training-research and valorization of archaeological heritage «Haya bina Thyna», was officially launched in the Thaenae archaeological site by Director General of the INP Tarek Baccouche and French Ambassador to Tunisia Anne Guéguen. The event was attended by Vice-President of Sfax University Faiez Gargouri and Representative of the University of Aix-Marseille Jean Christoph Sourisseau, the INP said in a statement. Co-supported by the INP, the University of Sfax and Aix-Marseille University/Cnrs, supported by the French Embassy and in partnership with the IFT, the project, which will continue until 2026, seeks to promote the archaeological site as a pilot and regional site in the field of research training, safeguarding and of the valorization of the archaeological heritage of southern Tunisia. The project is based on the consolidation of multidisciplinary training for young Tunisians, the development of the partnership network in the archaeology field, the development of sites and cultural mediation based on the school site Tunisian-French archaeological site of Thaenae, implemented since 2017. It also involves producing multidisciplinary scientific knowledge on the history and archeology of archaeological sites necessary for their valorization and protection so as to control the phenomena of degradation of the sites. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse