Archaeological Project “Glac” is a multi-year Serbian-Australian undertaking that engages a team from the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade and the University of Sydney. The team is undertaking a five-year program of archaeological excavations, research, publication and conservation on the Roman site Glac near Sremska Mitrovica.
"This year team has excavated a massive audience chamber with mosaics, which is a very beautiful and very unusual building to find in the country side. We have also found fortifications, a very big tower and today, the last day of the excavations, and we always find thinks on the last day, we found what looks like a massive area for gates. So we think we found a front gates or this huge structure ... it is very existing. So those are two biggest finds that we made this year and next year we will be making more fantastic discoveries", said Professor Richard Miles during the site tour.
Minister Vladan Vukosavljevic, visiting the site, said that the state's duty is to assist such projects.
"In the territory of present-day Serbia, 18 Roman emperors were born and the ancient heritage of this region obliges us to support the research of this and all other localities, but also their opening for visitors, because cultural tourism in the world is becoming more and more popular today," Vukosavljevic said.
He added that the research of this site includes a team of Australian archaeologists, which is important because of the international cooperation.
The Australian Ambassador to Serbian is proud of that Australian archeologists are the part of this great discovery.
" We at the Australian Embassy are very proud of our association with "Glac" Project. Not just because of the archeological aspect but also culture, education, and in the future we would like to think tourism. It was brilliant to be out on the site and see fantastic work being done by the University of Sydney and Body Institute of Archeology of Belgrade. But this all come to place because of the vision of Richard Miles but also with the incredible strong support of the Minister and his team and also of course of the Municipality. I am finishing my mandate soon in Belgrade but I'll continue to watch this project over many decades, I think with interest", said Ambassador Feeney.
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