Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

Bicentenary of the discovery of the Winged Victory of Brescia: a full calendar of events to celebrate the anniversary

Brescia is preparing to celebrate the bicentenary of the discovery of the Winged Victory, a masterpiece of the Roman age for its compositional quality, material and state of preservation. It is one of the very rare Roman bronzes from excavations that...
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Egypt, colossal statue attributed to Ramses II discovered in eastern Nile Delta

A monumental statue, most likely attributed to Pharaoh Ramses II, has been found at the Tellel-Faroun archaeological site in the eastern Nile Delta area. The discovery occurred as part of the activities of an Egyptian mission operating under the ausp...
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Egypt: 13 illegally stolen archaeological artifacts recovered from the United States

Egypt has recovered from the United States 13 archaeological artifacts that illegally left the country, as part of an operation conducted through cooperation between the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and relevant ...
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International illicit trafficking: 46 artifacts returned to National Museum of Sybaris (Cosenza)

There are 46 archaeological artifacts from Etruscan, Greek and Roman times returned to the state and destined for the National Museum of Sibari, located in the territory of the municipality of Cassano all'Ionio, in the province of Cosenza, within the...
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Egypt, Roman tomb discovered with golden tongues and a rare papyrus from the Iliad at Bahnasa site

In Egypt, at the archaeological site of Bahnasa, in the area of Minya province, a Spanish archaeological mission has identified a tomb datable to the Roman period, along with an articulated set of artifacts that refer to funerary practices. The opera...
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Mexico, new cave paintings from prehistory to 1521 AD discovered during work on Mexico-Querétaro train

In the course of the archaeological preservation activities related to the construction of the Mexico City-Querétaro passenger train, promoted by the Secretaría de Cultura of the Government of Mexico through theNational Institute of Ant...
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Berlin finds a coin minted in Troy: it is the first Greek find in the city

A rare Greek coin from the 3rd century B.C. has been discovered in Berlin's Spandau district, marking the first Hellenistic-era find within the German capital's urban area. The small object, about 1.2 centimeters in diameter, was found by a 13-year-o...
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Germany, a Bronze Age deposit discovered in a wind farm.

In the course of work on a wind farm near Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony, Germany, a large complex of archaeological evidence covering a chronological span extending from prehistoric to late antiquity has been identified, with one find of particul...
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