Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

Bolzano, carabinieri find and return eight valuable archaeological finds

On the morning of April 2, 2025, the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale (TPC) unit in Venice returned eight valuable ceramic artifacts, dating from between the 11th and 6th centuries B.C., to the Provincial Cultural Heritage Office in Bolzano. T...
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Israel, little girl on field trip discovers 3,800-year-old amulet: a rare Bronze Age beetle

Sometimes the most amazing archaeological discoveries happen by accident. It happened in early March in Israel, when Ziv Nitzan, a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from the village (moshav) of Ramot Meir, found an ancient scarab-shaped amulet during a ...
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The National Museum of Chiusi and the National Museum of Taranto sign an agreement: start with an exhibition on Andromeda

A link between past and present unites the National Archaeological Museum in Taranto and the National Etruscan Museum in Chiusi. Two female figures, Penelope and Andromeda, serve as a common thread in an initiative to exchange and enhance archaeologi...
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The rise of kingship beyond big cities: new discoveries from two sites in Turkey

A few weeks ago, the Cambridge Archaeological Journal published a survey that is raising interest in the academic community. The article, a result of years of excavation and analysis at two important archaeological sites in Turkey, Arslantepe and BaÅ...
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Pompeii, tomb relief with a life-size couple emerges in the Necropolis of Porta Sarno

During an archaeological excavation conducted in the Porta Sarno Necropolis, as part of the research project Investigating the Archaeology of Death in Pompeii, by theUniversitat de València in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pomp...
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Greek Wreckage Museum to be born in Gela: set-up to begin

Work will kick off on Thursday, April 3, at 11 a.m., on the setting up of the Greek Wrecks Museum in Gela (Caltanissetta), which will be built within the Bosco Littorio area. The museum was entirely financed by theRegional Department of Cultural Heri...
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Turkey, excavations and restoration at Tadım Kalesi: new finds reveal 6,000 years of history

Archaeological excavations conducted at Tadım Kalesi and Tadım HöyüÄŸü, in the village of Tadım in the Elazığ district of Turkey's Elazığ province, continue to unearth artifacts of extraordinary importance for reconstructing the...
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Gastronomy in ancient Herculaneum on display at Villa Campolieto

From March 28, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025, the Herculaneum Archaeological Park offers a new exhibition dedicated to food civilization inancient Rome. From Eggs to Apples. The Civilization of Food and the Pleasures of the Table is the title of an exhibitio...
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