Operation Eridanos led to the dismantling of a criminal network involved in illegal archaeological excavations and the illicit trafficking of ancient artifacts and coins. In recent days, the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection…
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Underwater excavations conducted in Kekova, on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, have unearthed amphorae dating back approximately 4,700 years. Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy presented the findings on social media as…
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In Egypt, a monumental head of Ramses II, the remains of a second royal statue, and a block of pink granite bearing hieroglyphic inscriptions have been unearthed during emergency archaeological excavations conducted at Behbeit el-Hagar, in…
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An ancient monument nearly 100 meters long and over 50 meters wide has been unearthed in Taxila, Pakistan, thanks to excavations by the Italian Archaeological Mission of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The complex, identified as…
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Transforming Pompeii into a major center for education, as well as for field research: this is the project that Giuseppe Fiorelli envisioned over 150 years ago and that is now being revived through a new initiative by the Archaeological…
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Founding a city means making decisions about the distribution of space, resources, defense, and the form of government. These are the premises of ELEA. A CITY TO BE FOUNDED., the video game presented on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10…
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News Focus Ancient art Archaeology Calabria Returns
There is a profound distortion in the way we view things we do not know; it is present in our perspective on cultural heritage and even on human relationships: it is the tendency to distort their meaning and, above all—in the case of works…
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In Kayalıpınar, in central Turkey, an archive dating back about 3,400 years provides new insights into the organization of the Hittite state, health and military emergencies, and the religious practices of the court. Excavations conducted…
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