Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

Safe from photovoltaic park the archaeological site of Aquileia: the no of the Ministry of Culture

Protests had recently been raised against a photovoltaic project that could compromise Aquileia's archaeological and scenic heritage. The plant, planned to be built in the San Zili-Casa Bianca locality, would have spread over an area of 210,000 squar...
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Colosseum, the Schola of the Heralds of the Circus Maximus, on the Palatine, opens to the public

The Colosseum Archaeological Park opens to the public the Schola of the Heralds of the Circus Maximus on the southern slopes of the Palatine, thus bringing to completion the first of ten projects of the Caput Mundi National Recovery and Resilience Pl...
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Parma, Casouri, an ancient settlement mentioned in historical sources, officially found

Casouri (also known as "Casalauri"), a habitation mentioned in historical sources as plausibly located in the area of Ravadese, in the Parmense region, has been officially found. Therefore, its existence was known but no one had ever managed to find ...
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Rome, Egyptian blue ingot discovered at Domus Aurea: extremely rare find

In Rome , the Domus Aurea never ceases to amaze, yielding a new discovery that sheds light on the artistic workers of Nero's time. During recent archaeological investigations conducted in the monumental imperial residence, scholars identified two tan...
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Pompeii, uncovered a large private bath complex attached to a banquet hall

In the Pompeii Archaeological Park, a large private bath complex, attached to a banquet hall, has emerged in the excavation site currently underway in insula 10 of Regio IX. This is one of the largest and most complex private bath sectors so far disc...
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Administrative documents on pottery from ancient Egypt: the ostrakas of Oxyrhynchus

The Egyptological Collections of theUniversity of Pisa, part of the Athenaeum Museum System, preserve a most precious treasure for the study of Egyptian society: they are the ostrakas of Ossirinco, which represent an extraordinary body of historical,...
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Outstanding discovery in Israel: a Byzantine monastery with precious mosaic floor and Greek inscription

During archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, a monastery dating back to the Byzantine period was discovered, embellished with a multicolored mosaic floor and a Greek inscription. The ...
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Verona, Ancient Egyptian funerary boat model from nearly 4,000 years ago enters Palazzo Maffei collections

A model of a sailing funerary boat from Ancient Egypt has entered the collections of Palazzo Maffei in Verona. The piece is now the oldest among the more than 650 works on display in the Verona museum in Piazza delle Erbe commissioned by collector Lu...
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