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  • Rock Art Workshop

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    On Monday, the 22nd of August, a workshop on Rock Art in Eswatini brought together researchers, heritage professionals, students and community members to discuss the significance and preservation of this unique cultural legacy. The event was attended by colleaugues from the University of Tübingen, the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), the University of Missouri-Colombia and local…

  • Planet Africa Exhibition

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    On the 3rd of April another exhibition, “Planet Africa”, was inaugurated at the National Museum of Eswatini in Lobamba. The opening ceremony was filled with speeches from his Excellency the Right Honourable Prime Minister Russel Mmiso Dlamini of Eswatini and the German Ambassador from Pretoria Mister Andreas Peschke. “Planet Africa – an archaeological time travel”…

  • San Bushmen Exhibition

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    We are thrilled to anounce that the Exhibition “San and Bushmen culture” opened on the 3rd of April and is now open to the public. The official opening took place together with his Excellency the Right Honourable Prime Minister Russel Mmiso Dlamini at the National Museum of Eswatini in Lobamba. The history of the San…

  • Ochre paper

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    Humans and other early relatives have been using natural earth pigments for at least 500,000 years. These pigments are well-preserved and widely found in archaeological sites across sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is still much to learn about how people in different regions chose, mined, transported, and used these minerals. In the study, published in the…

  • Giving back

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    After meeting one of the founders of the NGO Hope Alive 268, we were invited to present our work to the children and teenagers at the Hope Alive learning centre in Siteki. Hope Alive 268 is a registered NGO committed to improving the physical, emotional and spiritual welfare of the orphaned, vulnerable and abused children…

  • SARA Meeting

    SARA Meeting

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    This year the team again organised a conference with local representatives of the heritage protection authority, the Eswatini National Trust Commission, international researchers and members of civil society. The tasks of the Swazi Archaeological Research Association (SARA) were discussed as well as future plans for archaeological research, the protection of cultural assets in Eswatini, the…

  • Field campaign 2024

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    Excavations at the Muti Muti site in the Lebombo Mountains near the border with Mozambique have continued and last year’s excavation reached bedrock. More than 2,000 individual finds, consisting of a few ceramic remains from the Early Farming Communities as well as stone artefacts dating to the Middle Stone Age  and the Later Stone Age,…