Category INP

Following the mission carried out in October 2024 by the Director General of the National Heritage Institute, Mr. Tarek Baccouche, to the Arab World Institute in Paris to study the situation of Tunisian archaeological and ethnographic artefacts that have been there since 1995 as part of the ‘Museum of Arab (more…)

As part of the project to develop and promote the ‘tophet’ in Carthage, excavations and scientific fieldwork are continuing at the temple of Tanit and Baal Hammon, where the project’s scientific team has discovered a large number of jars and votive offerings, some dating back to the 5th century, or (more…)

Dans le cadre de la coopération tuniso-italienne entre l’Institut National du Patrimoine et le Parco Archeologico del Colosseo à Rome, un projet de restauration des mosaïques des demeures romaines d’El Jem (Thysdrus) a été initié en 2025. Celui-ci a impliqué une première intervention en avril et une seconde du 09 (more…)

As part of an international cooperation agreement between the Institut National du Patrimoine and La Rochelle University, the research project on the archaeological site of Thapsus (Bekalta, Monatsir) was continued with the fifth archaeological mission from 26 April to 23 May 2025, under the responsibility of researchers Yamen Sghaïer (INP) (more…)

As part of an international cooperation agreement between the INP and ICAC, the research project on the archaeological site of Sidi Saïd (Bargou, Siliana) was launched with an initial archaeological mission from 24 May to 13 June 2025, under the responsibility of researchers Yamen Sghaïer (INP), Chokri Touihri (INP), Maria (more…)

La septième campagne archéologique du projet tuniso-italien (INP-Manouba-UNIBO) consacré au site de Thuburbo Maius (MAECI “Alibi Archaeologies and Old Excavations : Redécouvrir la Tunisie romaine”) vient d’être achevée. Quatre années d’activité, plus de quatre mois de travail sur le terrain, suivis d’activités de laboratoire en Tunisie et en Italie, et (more…)

A team of researchers and heritage curators from the National Heritage Institute (INP) is continuing the second part of the rescue excavation of the Chenini archaeological site in El Fouar, Kébli, which began on 7 May 2025 and will continue until 21 May 2025. The excavation revealed the presence of (more…)

Construction work on a regional hospital in Sbeiba, in the governorate of Kasserine, recently led to the chance discovery of burials dating from the ancient period. A rescue excavation carried out by the INP uncovered a large number of tombs, which were documented topographically, archaeologically and phytogrammetrically, and the various (more…)