Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

Major archaeological discoveries in Rome: a sacellum, republican tombs and monumental basins

Two large monumental tanks, a cult building probably dedicated to Hercules and an articulated funerary complex from the Republican age: these are the latest discoveries of preventive archaeology excavations conducted in the eastern quadrant of Rome, ...
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Colosseum Park, House of the Gryphons opens to the public, also live in real time

The Colosseum Archaeological Park has opened to the public the House of the Griffins, the second intervention among the ten planned in the Caput Mundi National Recovery and Resilience Plan under Mission 1 Digitization, Innovation, Competitiveness, Cu...
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Byzantine-era residential monastic complex discovered in Sohag, Egypt

The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, working at the site of Al-Qariah Bil-Dueir, in the Tama district, Sohag governorate, Egypt, has unearthed the remains of a complete monastic residential complex, datable to th...
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Etruscans and Veneti: an exhibition in Venice on the fundamental role of water in the sacred and society

From March 6, 2026, theDoge's Apartment in the Doge's Palace in Venice will host the exhibition Etruschi e Veneti. Waters, Cults and Sanctuaries, an exhibition project with a broad scientific and popular scope in order to investigate the fundamental ...
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The most interesting archaeological discoveries of 2025

What were the most interesting and surprising archaeological discoveries of 2025? We have selected some of the most significant finds. Archaeology continues to prove itself to be a constantly evolving discipline, capable of returning fragments of an...
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Sicily, competition for 10 archaeologists: notice, requirements and tests

A competition for archaeologists in Sicily: in fact, the Sicilian Region approved last December 23 the call for public competitions, based on exams, aimed at the full-time and permanent recruitment of ten non-managerial staff units with grading in th...
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Sannio Museum in Benevento will be renovated: project unveiled. Restoration site open to the public

Presented the plan for the new Sannio Museum in Benevento and the start of the restoration site open to the public, dedicated to the Archaeological Collection and works from the Egyptian Sanctuary. Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the Campania R...
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There was probably a large Etruscan medical school in San Casciano dei Bagni: research findings 2025

On Sunday, December 21, the results of the 2025 excavation campaign of the Sanctuary of Bagno Grande were presented in San Casciano dei Bagni (Siena). The site is once again confirmed as one of the most significant archaeological complexes in the ent...
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