Think Archaeology

A public meeting recalled the ninety years of the discovery of Spina

info@thinkwords.net — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:45:59 +0000

On April 3rd 2012, to celebrate the ninety years of the discovery of the ancient city of Spina, the National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara will hold a meeting open to all in the Hall of Maps of Costabili Palace in Via XX Settembre 122. Archaeologists will recall the main stages of an exceptional find that returned unique finds that the whole world knows and envies, commemorating among others, the figure of Augustus Negrioli, the first archaeologist involved in the excavation of the necropolis of the Trebba Valley, and that of Salvatore Aurigemma, the first Superintendent of Antiquities of Emilia-Romagna and Spina... more ...

News on the cat mummy at Archaeology Museum of Parma

info@thinkwords.net — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:14:33 +0000

Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the National Archaeological Museum of Parma (Palace of Pillotta) will hold a conference to present the public with interesting news emerged from the study of the cat mummy kept at the same museum. The conference was attended by Giacomo Gnudi, the veterinarian radiologist at the University of Parma who carried out the examination and Roberta Conversi, the archaeologist in charge of the museum's Egyptian section. While waiting to find the necessary funds for the restoration, the precious relic will be exhibited for the first time to the public.

Extraordinary archaeological discovery in Trent

info@thinkwords.net — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:13:13 +0000

A residential centre and a cult area dated 4.000 years ago were brought to light by the Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of the independent province of Trent (Italy). The small village of Gardolo di Mezzo, just few kilometres north from Trent, is going to become one of the most important locations for the archeology in the italian Alps. The in-depth inquiries brought on by the Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of the independent province of Trent since 2003 are revealing one of the most important archaeological sites dated back to Bronze Age in the south of the Alps. It is considered as the most important archaeological discovery which was ever made in the Trentin territory in the latest years...

New discoveries presented in Riva del Garda

info@thinkwords.net — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:55:50 +0000

Archaeological researches in Riva have given the light to a complex building date back to the Roman epoch. It is about 750 squared meters wide and it was meant as public thermae. The building consists of a big central courtyard surrounded by areas with pavement heating, which have been considered as: tepidarium, caldarium, laconicum as the usual thermal sequence required. A big open area was located outside the building, probably used as a garden and originally fenced by outer walls...

Archaeological excavations on Monte S.Martino

info@thinkwords.net — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:39:52 +0000

Since a few days, the archaeological inquiry on the top of “San Martino” mount in Trentin, in the mountain range between Lomaso and Altogarda, undertaken by the Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of the Independent Province of Trent, concerning the ancient fortress which was brought to light 4 years ago has restarted. It is reachable by just one hour and a half on foot from Lundo, and it is bringing back to life a barbarian fortress, the last, isolated bulwark of the ancient Garda system and of the rich towns in the Po plain: Verona and Brescia. The excavation campaign, which has reached its fourth year, will go on up to the end of August. The excavation site has reached an extreme importance: this is why the experts all around Europe are already promoting and studying this case...

The Cave of Archaeology in Villa Doria (Genoa – Italy)

info@thinkwords.net — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:26:46 +0000

Saturday, the 16th June 2007, the Cave of Archaeology, an area of archaeological testing has been introduced and opened to the public, realized inside the anti-aerial shelter of Villa Doria in Genoa (Italy) and it’s targeting people interested in re-living the prehistory of Liguria. Among the trees at “Parco di Villa Doria”, behind Piazza Bonavino di Pegli, the entrance of an anti-aerial shelter is situated, dug on a side of the hill. Its appearance is similar to that of a cave, also thanks to the setting in which it’s placed, safe and distant from the city noise...

Third International Congress on common Ceramics

info@thinkwords.net — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:14:09 +0000

Parma and Pisa will host from the 26th to the 30th march 2008 the 3rd International Congress on common ceramics, cooking ceramics and amphorae of the late antiquity in the Mediterranean: archaeology and archaeometry. The organizers of the event will be Sara Santoro (History Department, University of Parma), Marinella Pasquinucci and Simonetta Menchelli (Department of Historical Sciences of the Ancient World, University of Pisa)...

Book Published on Sorgenti della Nova

info@thinkwords.net — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:10:29 +0000

A short but complete guide to the excavations of the area of Sorgenti della Nova (in the province of Viterbo - Italy), dating back to XI-X century B.C., has been published, illustrating the results of the 30 year long excavation campaigns lead by the University of Studies of Milan. The book, whose authors are Nuccia Negroni Catacchio and Massimo Cardosa, is part of the publications undertaken by the Center for Prehistoric and Archaeological Studies in Milan...

Ancient Roman Street re-emerges close to Colleferro

info@thinkwords.net — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:08:45 +0000

In the working field for the completion of a purification installation on Via Ariana (between Colleferro and Artena, near Rome, in Italy), an intervention of preventive research meant to verify the presence of archaeological remains along the outline of the drainage conduct has been foreseen by the Environmental department of the Municipality of Colleferro, by the Municipal Archaeological Museum and by the Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of Lazio. It’s thanks to this focused planning that, at the height of the bridge “Ponte delle Pagnote”, located at the 6.500th kilometer from Artena, a segment of the roman “glareata” street has been detected. The street has a length of twenty-three meters with a pavement made of lime cobblestone; on the north side, the street has been partly damaged by the seasonal plowing, whilst the south one has been perfectly conserved and on several segments you can still see larger masses of retaining wall and the basis, made of sandy limestone, conserved for over 50 centimeters...

The discovery of the Ara Funeraria along Via Emilia

info@thinkwords.net — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:25:00 +0000

A roman ara funeraria (burial ground) from the I century B.C. has been found in perfect conservation status near the ancient via Emilia, in Modena (Italy), during the ongoing excavations for carrying out some underground passages, at a height equal to that of the passage of the Modena-Sassuolo railroad. The rooftop of the Ara Romana has been discovered at a depth of just over one and a half meters from the plain's ground level, as the step basement upon which the structure stands is yet to be brought to surface...