Location:
Mexico
Date:
2025-2029
Sectors:
Archaeological Sites, Cultural, Digital, Technology
Hosts:
Other
Partners:
echoes, The Heritage Management Organization, ICOMOS, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), Research Institute for Mathematics & Computer Science in the Netherlands (CWI), Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU), Democritus University of Thrace, Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence, International Hellenic University, OKYS Ltd (OKYS), Catalink, Cyprus Section of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the metropolitan city of Cagliari and the provinces of Oristano and Southern Sardinia (SA)
EXCALIBUR (“Advanced Toolkits for Enhanced Study, Conservation, and Restoration in Burial Excavations and Findings”) is an EU-funded research and innovation project (HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-05). It aims to transform how burial sites, burial findings, and related cultural heritage are studied, conserved, and restored using advanced digital technologies. It is part of the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) initiative, empowering heritage professionals with open, user-centric digital tools to enhance research, protection, education, and interpretation of sensitive cultural heritage materials.
EXCALIBUR’s primary objective is to develop a holistic framework of innovative digital toolkits, including AI/ML, Digital Twins, and Extended Reality (XR) to support interdisciplinary research and preservation practices. These tools will help archaeologists, bioanthropologists, museologists, conservators, historians, and scholars to engage with burial contexts and findings more effectively, sustainably, and inclusively through the ECCCH platform.
EXCALIBUR outcomes are delivered across multiple thematic components:
Digital Framework & Cloud Integration: A scalable, interoperable infrastructure of digital services that connects EXCALIBUR tools with the broader ECCCH cloud ecosystem, enabling shared access and collaborative heritage workflows.
