Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

Extraordinary discovery near Benevento: vast pre-Roman necropolis found

An "extraordinary discovery," calls it the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the provinces of Caserta and Benevento, which announced the discovery of a pre-Roman necropolis in Amorosi (Benevento), in the heart of the Telesina Val...
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Archaeologists discover the oldest use of a plant dye in an Israeli cave

Analyzing some beads, made from particular shells, found in the cave of Kebara, an Israeli archaeological site located on the western side of Mount Carmel, a team of archaeologists consisting of Laurent Davin of Hebrew University, Ludovic Bellot-Gurl...
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Turin, unprecedented archaeological tour of the early Christian Basilica of the Savior opens to the public

On the occasion of the three hundredth anniversary of the Museum of Antiquities (1724-2024), from April 23, 2024, the Royal Museums of Turin will open for the first time to the public the unprecedented archaeological tour of the early Christian Basil...
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Pompeii Archaeological Park, unveiled the demo of Vesuvius 79 AD, the game in which you have to escape the eruption

One year after the project was conceived, the first demo version of the game Vesuvius 79 AD was presented by creator Ciro Sapone and Pompeii Archaeological Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel. - Escape from Pompeii, theedu-boardgame (educational board ...
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Thanks to technology we can now read the Herculaneum papyrus charred in the eruption of Vesuvius

More than 1,000 words, corresponding to 30 percent of the text, have emerged from the Herculaneum papyrus charred following the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., which contains the History of the Academy of Philodemus of Gadara (110-after 40 B.C.), th...
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Rome, the interiors of Pompeii's domus in Luigi Spina's shots on display at Castel Sant'Angelo

From April 23 to June 16, 2024, Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome hosts the exhibition Interno Pompeiano by Luigi Spina (Santa Maria Capua Vetere, 1966). While the Archaeological Park of Pompeii was closed to the public for pandermia, the photographer captu...
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Rome, inaugurated the new artistic lighting of the Villa of Maxentius. It can now be visited at night

The new artistic lighting system of the Villa of Maxentius on theAppia Antica, among the city's most significant archaeological sites, was inaugurated on the occasion of the celebrations for Rome's 2777th birthday. This intervention has made it possi...
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Carrara showcases the Roman history of its marble

Carrara rediscovers its Roman history and does so with the exhibition Romana marmora. Stories of Emperors, Gods, and Quarrymen, focusing on the Roman bardiglio marble quarry of Fossacava and its role within the broader context of Luna marble extracti...
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