There are currently more than 19.000 museums in Europe and even more archaeological sites. And given that the preservation of cultural heritage is at the very core of the foundations of the European Union – the Lisbon treaty, a constitutional basis of the European Union, states that the Union “shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Europe’s cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced” – it should come as no surprise that in the period 2007-2013 alone the EU invested a whopping 4.5 billion EUR in cultural heritage and related research.