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17/03/2016International Conference, Newsadmin

XXI. International Scientific Conference of Young Engineers

Nothing shows better how interdisciplinary this project is than the fact that some of our colleagues together with chemists and other specialists took part in the XXI. International Scientific Conference of Young Engineers, held in Cluj-Napoca, on the 17-18^th of March, 2016.

The presentation’s topic consisted of the archaeometric analysis of iron slags discovered during the recent excavations at Brâncovenești, Călugăreni and Vătava. As part of the archaeometallurgical investigations, the samples were subjected to FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopy and surface XRF (X-ray fluorescence) spectroscopic investigations in order to approximate their mineralogical composition (FTIR) and to determine their elemental composition and inhomogeneity (XRF).

15/02/2016Newsadmin

Exhibition in Călugăreni – save the date!

Remember the two pavilions, the construction of which began during the summer field school of 2015? Well, after the last layer of paint had dried, our team vigorously began the planning of the two exhibitions to be placed inside the “twins”.

The pavilion facing the auxiliary fort will introduce you in a military atmosphere, presenting the fort from Călugăreni and the unit stationed here, in addition to some notes on the soldiers’ equipment, daily life and diet. The other one, towards the Roman baths will show you how these bathing facilities functioned in the Empire, and how this particular one worked, here on the Dacian limes. How did they manage to heat the building? From where did they get the necessary water? These are just some of the questions to which we are preparing the answers. Also you will get some insight on Roman civilian clothing and on some basic methods of body care used back then. All this with a selection of finds from the excavations of the previous years and realistic replicas, 3D models and miniatures.

Soon you will get the official invitation as well, but until then, save the date: on the 6^th of May we will open the exhibition in the Time Box pavilions!

03/12/2015National Conference, Newsadmin

The Limes Forum IV national conference

The 4^th edition of the Limes Forum national conference, organised by the Roman Limes Research Centre of the Mureș County Museum (Târgu Mureș) and the National History Museum of Transylvania (Cluj-Napoca) took place between the 4^th and 6^th of December 2015 in Sovata. The event continued the series of annual meetings of specialists in the research of the frontiers of the Roman Empire from Romania, providing a forum for scientific debate and exchange of views and information on the subject at hand. Furthermore, the meeting to facilitated in a considerable manner the collaboration between museums, research institutes and universities for the conception and implementation of the ‘Limes Dacicus’ national research programme. The programme of this edition comprised a conference session and a visit to the Roman archaeological park from Călugăreni.

25/11/2015National Conference, Newsadmin

Conference on History of Târgu Mureș and Mureș County

On the 28th of November a national conference took place in Târgu Mureș on the occassion of the The Day of the Hungarian Science in Transylvania cultural event. This edition of the conference is organized by the Borsos Tamás Association and the Transylvanian Museum Society. Athough the conference was destined mainly to the medieval up to the recent history of the city and county, this event was also an excellent forum for promoting our work concerning the protection of the Roman limes sector from this county. One of our colleagues held a lecture about the eastern limes of the Roman Dacia, focusing principally on the research strategies, questions and solutions related to the limes sector from Mureș County.

21/11/2015International Conference, Newsadmin

Ten years together. Archaeology and Geophysics

Ten years have been passed since a very fruitful and efficient collaboration started between the geophysic specialists of the Institute of Geography and Earth Science at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and archaeologists of our research team. Everything started at another important Roman military site of Dacia, in Porolissum which has been followed by many geophysicial surveys in the eastern Roman limes sector from Mureș County. Many important scientific results, frendship and a very trustful collaboration – so could one sum up this long period together. On this occasion, our geophysisist colleague from the Department of Geophysics and Space Science from the Eötvös Loránd University organised a very interesting and warm conference aimed to commemorate this outstanding collaboration. On the 16th of November 2015 friends and colleagues met in Budapest to discuss the common experience and scientific results of the 10 years. During these disscussions it came out very clear how well does geophysical surveys and non-distructive surveying methods complete and help the archaeological investigation . One of our colleague held also a presentation about these interdisciplinar investigations in the eastern limes of the Roman Dacia, especially in Mureș County.

21/11/2015event, Newsadmin

Identity and culture for the third time

On the 17th of November 2015 the third edition of the Students’ Scientific Association Conference has been organized in the topic ”Identity and Culture“ at the Faculty of Architecture from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The topic focuses on the cultural, scientific and turistical valorification of the Roman limes sector from Mureș County, Romania, especially on the heritage potentials of Călugăreni, for three years by far. The large interest in this topic, among the three-year old tradition, is also shown by the six “contestants”, each of them presenting projects related either to creating a multidisciplinary scientific base in Călugăreni, or to the valorification of the unique blend of Roman heritage and WW I shooting ditches in the same area. One of our team member took part in the jury composed of architect and archaeologist specialists, and had a very hard job to evaluate the interesting and thought-provoking projects.

14/11/2015Conference presentations, International Conference, Newsadmin

Journey to the West in Roman style. The Limes Congress in Ingolstadt 2015

Between the 13^th and 20^th of September 2015, two members of our team joined the 23^rd edition of Limes Congress in Ingolstadt, Germany. The one-week long intensive programme including many presentations and excursions was a great exercise both to our mind and body.

The four days of presentations included sessions related to signalling in the army; industry and commerce; defense strategies; reconstructions; crafts; Roman soldiers and religion, the Danube limes; timber forts; and many other sessions. Due to the huge interest and large audience these presentations were held simultaneously in four different rooms. Live video transmission in other rooms for those who could not manage to fit in the presentation rooms, was also a very useful facility.

During the excursions we visited many of the sites situated along the Raetian limes, like the famous fort and Limes Museum from Ruffenhofen, Eining, Pförring, the celtic oppidum of Manching, Regensburg and many other wonders of the beautiful Bavaria.

Our presentations and poster were dealing with the eatern limes of Roman Dacia that was approached in a multidisciplinary manner. We could present our foreign colleagues our limes part and the results of the recent researches in the domain, promoting in the same time the protection of this heritage.

18/07/2015Newsadmin

3R (Roman) Festival

The Mureș County Museum and the Barn Theatre Association kindly invites you to the 3R (Roman) Festival which will take place in Călugăreni on the 8th of August 2015.More than 1500 years after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Roman frontiers will be populated again! The gladiators, Roman legionary soldiers, slaves, barbarians as well as the citizens of Rome will return to Călugăreni. The 3R (ROMAN) Festival offers a series of excellent social and family programmes, through which visitors, regardless of age, will have the chance to know the secret of Romans, their crafts, daily life, military techniques and all the other aspects inherited from them.

Dress code: tunic or any other similar and comfortable dress.

The festival will start with the parade of the Romans at 10 o’clock A.M., on the 8th of August 2015 at the Barn Theatre from Călugăreni.

In 2015 the Empire strikes back!

The programme of the festival will be available here soon: A
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04/07/2015Newsadmin

Landscape, image, heritage

In the period between the 1st and 4th of July 2015 a summer school entitled „Landscape, image, heritage” took place in Vărgata (Mureș County). The event was organized by the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences of the Sapientia University, Târgu Mureș, in joint with the PR-ALPHA Association; Focus Eco Center (Târgu Mureș); The Town Hall of Vărgata and Tündér Ilona Pension from Valea. As part of an annual series (IXth Barn Seminar from Vărgata) the summer school offered a very colourful programme including presentations about hydrological, historycal, archaeological problems related to the general topic. The participants could also get an insight into andscape and heritage issue as it was reflected in photography or ethnology.

The respective event provided a good occasion for us to promote the eastern limes from Dacia as cultural landscape presented by one of our colleagues.

04/06/2015Newsadmin

Colloquium on the ancient Illyria and Epirus

A three-days-long international colloquium (L’Illyrie Méridionale et L’Épire dans L’Antiquité – VIe colloque international, au Musée National de Tirana) has been held in Tirana, Albania, between the 20th and 23rd of May 2015. The prestigious conference was organized by the Universite Lyon 2, France together with the Centre des Etudes Alabanologiques, Institut D’Archeologie, Albania and it was hosted by the National Museum of Tirana. The conference was focusing on general (epigraphy, numismatics, history) and particular ( history of ancient sites: Durres, Apollonia, Antigoneia etc.) subjects related to the ancient area of Illyria and Epirus from the Prehistory up until the early Middle Ages.

One of our team member also took place on this international conference presenting the latest results of the researches carried out in the theatre from Apollonia.

Digitizing the Roman Limes. Sector:Brâncovenești-Sărățeni

This work was supported by a grant of the Ministry of National Education, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-PCE-2012-4-0618,
contract no. 66 from 02/09/2013