Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

Egypt, extraordinary discoveries at Ramesseum: tombs, storerooms and the first school of ancient Egypt

Luxor continues to amaze. The recent excavation campaign around the temple of Ramesseum has uncovered startling new evidence of the intense religious, economic and administrative life ofancient Egypt. Conducting the excavations was a joint French-Egy...
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Colosseum Archaeological Park in Tunisia to protect the Roman city of El Jem

The Colosseum Archaeological Park 's mission to the city of El Jem, ancient Thysdrus, in Tunisia has officially begun. Located in the center of the Tunisian Sahel, El Jem is one of the Roman cities of North Africa, internationally known for its impre...
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Venice lagoon reveals submerged Roman oyster farm

In the heart of the Venetian lagoon, a submerged area has revealed a secret: a brick and wood tank containing about 300 oyster shells, dating back to the first century AD. The discovery, which occurred in the Lio Piccolo locality of Cavallino-Treport...
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A newly discovered Hittite tablet reveals surprising details about the Trojan War

In 2024, an archaeological discovery piqued the interest of the scientific community: the Hittite tablet known as Keilfischurkunden aus Boghazköi offers new information about the conflict that inspired the legend of the Trojan War. The tablet, b...
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TLH dig Beta 0.2: a new step in digitizing more than 21,000 Hittite tablets

The Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLH dig), a project that aims to be a dynamic and ever-expanding digital archive, has been updated with Beta version 0.2 as of March 2025, bringing with it a profound change in the possibilities offered t...
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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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