Postponement of the Oral Exam for the External Competition
Postponement of the Oral Exam for the External Competition to Recruit Administrators in the Field of Economics Report_epreuve_orale_adm (more…)
Second stage of the external examination
Invitation to sit the second stage of the external examination Open competition for the recruitment of principal engineers Please note that you should be sure to check the programme on the second page of this press release. avis_ing-25-05-2026 Open competition for the recruitment of principal architects Please note that you (more…)
Tunisian-Italian Days dedicated to the preservation and promotion of archaeological heritage
The Director-General of the National Heritage Institute, Tarek Baccouche, Ambassador Alessandro Brunas and the Director of the Department for the Promotion of Cultural Heritage at the Italian Ministry of Culture, Alfonsina Russo, opened the closing ceremony of the Tunisian-Italian Days dedicated to the preservation and promotion of archaeological heritage, on (more…)
Completion of the Roman amphitheatre project in Eljem: Tapestry Experience
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Mr. Tarek Baccouche, Director General of the National Heritage Institute, welcomed Mr. Bill Bazzi, U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia, to the Institute’s headquarters on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, to celebrate the completion of the “Tapestry Experience” project dedicated to the Roman amphitheater (more…)
Archaeological research project at the Koustiliya site (Tozeur Governorate)
Koustiliya: a Tunisian-Italian project for the research and promotion of an archaeological site in southern Tunisia A multidisciplinary team from the National Heritage Institute (INP) and the University of Rome Tor Vergata is currently carrying out an archaeological field mission at the Koustiliya site (Touzeur), as part of a Tunisian-Italian (more…)
Gar al-Melh fortifications on the final list of heritage sites in the Islamic world
At its thirteenth meeting in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, the Islamic World Heritage Commission agreed to include the ‘fortifications of the city of Gar-e-Melh’, represented by three towers dating from the 17th century, on the definitive list of heritage sites in the Islamic world. It should be noted that (more…)
Archaeological excavations at the Numluli site – Beja
Several Roman columns and capitals from the Capitol Temple, statues of Roman gods, lanterns, and Byzantine mosaics at the site of Numluli during archaeological excavations in the public square and Byzantine church conducted by a multidisciplinary team as part of international cooperation projects between the National Heritage Institute of Tunisia (more…)
The exhibition ‘Magna Mater, between Zama and Rome’
The exhibition ‘Magna Mater, between Zama and Rome’ opens at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis and will be open to the public from 21 January to 21 July 2026. It presents around thirty archaeological pieces (sculptures, fragments, terracotta) from the site of Zama Regia, illustrating ancient cults and cultural (more…)
Notice of external competition
The National Heritage Institute is organizing an external competition on March 10, 2026, to appoint a research fellow specializing in prehistory and protohistory. avis_rec_chercheur (more…)
Kairouan: discovering the hydraulic installations
As part of the restoration work on the Aghalba basins in Kairouan and the rehabilitation of their environment, an important discovery, considered to be the first of its kind and possibly linked to the basins’ water supply, was made on Thursday 18 December 2025. The National Heritage Institute will carry (more…)
