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Institutional development · Public engagement and economic impact · Argentina

Universidad Nacional de La Plata to livestream Inca settlement dig from 17 to 20 November

Researchers from two faculties at Argentina's Universidad Nacional de La Plata will broadcast their excavation of an Inca settlement live over four days, in what the university calls the country's first archaeology stream.

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Why it matters: Viewers will be able to follow researchers from two UNLP faculties excavating an Inca settlement live for four days from 17 November.

The Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) said viewers will be able to watch live, from 17 to 20 November, as its scientists excavate one of the Inca settlements.

According to the university, the researchers come from its Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum and its Faculty of Astronomical and Geophysical Sciences.

UNLP describes the broadcast as the first archaeology livestream in Argentina.

Editor’s view

Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

Researchers from UNLP's natural sciences and astronomy faculties will carry out their excavation of an Inca settlement in public view, with the live stream scheduled to run from 17 to 20 November.

What to watch

  • The live broadcast of the excavation is due to run from 17 to 20 November.

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