The Mx vn Berchem Foundtion ws estblished in 1973 in honour of Mx vn Berchem (1863-1921), the founding scholr of rbic epigrphy s its own discipline. In recent yers, the Foundtion hs finnced rcheologicl excvtions, reserch projects nd studies in Islmic rt nd rchitecture in Egypt, Syri, Jordn, Spin, Hungry, Bulgri, Turkey, Tunisi, Morocco, Irn, Sudn, Irq, Turkmenistn nd Indi. It hs lso provided finncil support for epigrphicl projects in Frnce (the Thesurus d’Epigrphie Islmique), Spin, Itly, Plestine, Chin, Yemen, Irn, Sudi rbi nd Bengl.
