https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtzShGaF5k The President of the Board of Directors of The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania”, Emir Medanhodžić, appeared as a guest on Radio Konjic. During the broadcast, he spoke about the recently held cleanup action for the...
The Foundation team, consisting of Feđa, Nedžada, and Emir, visited the Raškovnica necropolis of medieval tombstones in the village of Dolovi near Olovo. The site is located on an Illyrian tumulus and contains 44 medieval tombstones in the shape of chests and gabled...
By: Emir Medanhodžić The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” organized a cleanup action for the Grkovine necropolis in Jezeprasina, Bjelimići, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. This is a large necropolis (ranking among the three largest in the Konjic municipality)...
The Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” is organizing a voluntary cleanup action for the Vuc-kamen (Grkovina) necropolis in the village of Jezeprasina, Bjelimići Local Community, to be held on Saturday, May 9, 2026. We invite all members, friends, supporters,...
By: Emir Medanhodžić I read this outstanding book on the history of Bosnian-Herzegovinian archaeology in a single breath, in just one day. It presents the remarkable biography of archaeologist Vejsil Čurčić, who lived through five different political systems in...
The "Heritage Guardians – Bassania" Foundation team, consisting of Tomo, Feđa, and Emir, visited two necropolises in Breza to inspect their condition, following reports that they had been moved, damaged, and desecrated. The Kaurina necropolis is situated on a dominant...
By: Emir Medanhodžić Here we are again in Banjalučica, which boasts five necropolises—an exceptional number for a single village. The Krnja Rijeka necropolis has 24 medieval tombstones; in the hamlet of Karetići, there are two necropolises—Šumarak with 18 and Lokve...
By: Emir Medanhodžić I have been preparing for a long time to visit Banjalučica (formerly Bajna Lučica) due to the large number of recorded medieval tombstones, but also because of an old, unrecorded Illyrian town. According to the information I gathered, it is...
Misoča is a settlement along the river of the same name, divided into Mline, Donja Misoča, and Gornja Misoča. In the area of Gornja Misoča, in the hamlet of Avdukići, lies the Illyrian hillfort Kik, with a solitary medieval tombstone featuring a hand symbol located at...
The village of Čeljigovići is located about 4 km southeast of Sarajevo by road. It served as the site of a major battle in 1831 between Husein-kapetan Gradaščević and the Ottoman army along the old road from Bulog to Sarajevo. Gradaščević lost this engagement and...
We continued our tour of the necropolises in the Vogošća villages of Krč and Kamenica after visiting the sites in the village of Gora. The Ravan necropolis in Krč consists of two finely carved gabled roof tombstones. One of them, located right by the road, is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5c5CbBmP_w The President of the Board of Directors of the "Guardians of Heritage – Bassania" Foundation, Emir Medanhodžić, appeared on Radio Konjic. During the program, he discussed our latest discovery - the unrecorded medieval...
At the request and warning of several of our members, a Foundation team consisting of Nedžad, Emir, and Feđa visited the necropolises in the Vogošća villages of Gora and Kamenica. The situation is catastrophic. We are deeply disappointed by the treatment of our...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMyUF9yZu60 The President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation “Heritage Watchdogs – Bassania” Emir Medanhodžić was a guest on the FACE TV program, in the morning show "Uzbuđenje", where, among other things, he spoke about the...
On the main road from Bjelimići to Glavatičevo, a few kilometers from Odžaci (the center of Bjelimići), lies the village of Zabrđani. Based on information from our friend Emin from Glavatičevo, we discovered a new, unrecorded necropolis at the Bogovo Selište site. Our...