Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology signs MOU with University of Tsukuba Cultural Heritage Research Institute

On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, Research Institute of Cultural Properties, Teikyo University signed a MOU (Inter-departmental Memorandum of Understanding) with the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (Baku, Azerbaijan).
The institute has many staff members engaged in excavation and research on cultural heritage sites in Azerbaijan, which are of great international interest, and conducts many international collaborative research projects. However, there are still few experts in natural science analysis, and progress is needed in the investigation of underwater ruins. The Department of Caspian Archaeology was established to advance research focusing on underwater ruins. In order to promote international cooperation in these fields, Kazuya Yamauchi, Director of the Institute of Cultural Properties at our university, and Farhad Kiriyev, Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology of Azerbaijan, signed a MOU to promote international cooperation.

In the future, we aim to achieve sustainable capacity building, such as by providing technical training in the exploration of underwater ruins in the Caspian Sea and inviting young Azerbaijan researchers to Japan for training.

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