A team of archaeologists from the Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal and the Lumbini Development Trust have resumed their research program with international specialists from Durham University on a UNESCO mission to Tilaurakot, the royal city where Lord Buddha lived twenty-nine years of his life as a prince Siddhartha Gautama. The archaeological component of the project, ‘Strengthening the Conservation and Management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, Phase 2’ is co-directed by Kosh Prasad Acharya, former Director-General of the Department of Archaeology, Nepal and Professor Robin Coningham, UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage at Durham University in the UK. The project is being implemented by UNESCO with funds from the Japanese Government.
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Press Release
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Keywords:
ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, CULTURAL HERITAGE, FUNDS, BUILDINGS, GEOPHYSICS, TOURISM, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTS, CONSTRUCTIONS, BUDDHISTS, PILGRIMAGE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, CULTURAL PROPERTY, HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS
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Thematic Group: UNESCO
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Educational, Scientific and Cultural
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15.02.00
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