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  • Staff of the “PalaeoDiversiStyria” project floating soil samples (© UMJ)
    Category: Thematic EU Projects

    PalaeoDiversiStyria

    At the end of 2016, the three-year project “The paleolandscape of Styria and its biodiversity from prehistory to the discovery of the New World / Paleokrajina Štajerske in njena biodiverziteta od prazgodovine do odkritja Novega sveta” (PalaeoDiversiStyria) began, co-funded by the Interreg Slovenia-Austria 2014-2020 program.

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  • Archaeological excavation on Bubenberg hill near Spielfeld, right on the Austrian-Slovenian border (© UMJ)
    Category: Thematic EU Projects

    BorderArch-Styria

    The EU project “Register of archaeological sites along the Austrian-Slovenian border / Register arheoloških najdišč ob avstrijsko-slovenski mejni črti” (BorderArch-Steiermark) was a follow-up project to the EU project InterArch-Steiermark, funded by the program European Territorial Cooperation Slovenia-Austria 2007-2013.

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  • Opening of the exhibition “Brought to Light” on May 3, 2011 in Betnava Castle in Maribor (© UMJ/N. Lackner)
    Category: Thematic EU Projects

    InterArch-Styria

    The EU project “Interactive archaeological heritage of Austrian and Slovenian Styria / Interaktivna arheološka dediščina avstrijske in slovenske Štajerske” (InterArch-Styria), funded by the Slovenia-Austria cross-border cooperation program 2007-2013, stands for free and open access to the common archaeological heritage of Slovenia and Austria.

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  • Clay stamp/pintadera, furrow-engraved ceramic horizon. Redrawing: Maria Windholz-Konrad, Graz
    Category: Hilltop settlement

    The Lethkogel near Stainz

    Lethkogel hill, located not far from Stainz, is one of the most important hilltop settlements in western Styria. Archaeological research excavations in the years 2004-2006 proved early copper-age and late Latène-age as well as early…

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  • Panorama of Deutschlandsberg Castle (© S. Kiegerl)
    Category: Castle

    Deutschlandsberg (“Landsberg”) Castle

    The spur-like castle rock, a naturally protected site with extensive sight lines, has been repeatedly inhabited by man since the Neolithic period, as numerous archaeological finds show. Until the beginning of the 19th century, Deutschlandsberg…

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  • Category: Roman stone

    Roman stones in the region

    At many churches, at some private houses, but also in museums, there are stone testimonies of Styria’s Roman past. These so-called Roman stones contain not only text, but often also images, such as scenes from…

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