Videos

Ella

Egberts

VUB

Transforming landscapes: the water-saving terraces of ancient cyprus

How did people in dry regions like Cyprus survive long periods without rain? Thousands of years ago, they built stone terraces to slow down water, allowing it to soak into the soil and nourish crops. At VUB, archaeologist Ella Egberts is combining archaeological fieldwork with scientific analysis to uncover how these systems worked — and what they can teach us about drought resilience today.
🎥 Watch the video to discover how ancient solutions can inspire a more sustainable future.

Bruno

Vanderschelden

UAntwerpen

UGent

Climate change and historical heritage: friends or foes?

Everywhere in Flanders you can find beautiful historical buildings, such as belfries and castles. They have been there for hundreds of years, but keeping all this historical heritage healthy is no easy task. Think of moisture problems and mold growth. And what about climate change? Is our heritage protected against it? Bruno Vanderschelden finds out.

Alina

Cristea

KU Leuven

Bucharest: how to create an iconic image of the city?

When we say Paris, you probably have a vivid image of the city, and think of the Eiffel Tower or the Pyramid of the Louvre - even if you've never been there. "We remember cities and are fascinated by them, even before we visit them - through photography." But what image do you have of the lesser-known 'Little Paris', the city of Bucharest?

Elodie-Laure

Jimenez

Instituut Natuurwetenschappen

The large predators of the Ice Age

Meet Elodie-Laure Jimenez (RBINS - University of Aberdeen). As a zooarchaeologist, her job is to study prehistoric predators and their life during the last Ice Age. The only way to understand what happened to these extinct species is to study the fossils that have survived the test of time. In Belgium, this led Elodie-Laure to identify a den where hundreds of cave hyena cubs died shortly after birth. Find out more about her fascinating research in the video.

Annelies

Augustyns

FWO

UAntwerpen

VUB

What diaries teach us about everyday life in the Third Reich

"The cemetery was the place where Jewish life was concentrated at the end. It was the place where people went to sunbathe, children had to play, ..." Literature scholar Annelies Augustyns (VUB - UAntwerp - FWO) studied German-Jewish diaries from WWII for her PhD. These offer a glimpse into the "everyday" life of Jews in the Third Reich.

Jiyun

Zhang

VUB

Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage

Jiyun Zhang is developing tools to safeguard intangible cultural heritage practices, such as shadow puppetry, in this era of modernization of globalisation.