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- Saturday, 7 November 2026 · Analysis
Three excavations, three discoveries: a week of archaeology in Italy
From Roman amphorae on the Ligurian seabed to a new Etruscan temple in Cerveteri, to the remains of three children in the Temple of Concord in Agrigento: three separate discoveries in the same week.
- Friday, 6 November 2026 · Analysis
Ventimiglia, the Roman necropolis yields new sarcophagi
An excavation campaign in the area of the ancient walls of Albintimilium expands the picture of the late antique burial ground of the Ligurian city.
- Friday, 6 November 2026 · Analysis
Ancient DNA and the puzzle of the Celtic languages
A new genomic study of nearly 4,600 individuals who lived between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age attempts to test archaeological and linguistic models on the spread of Celtic across Europe.
- Friday, 6 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The 2026 Pavese Prize ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 14, at the Church of Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo in Santo Stefano Belbo. For the second consecutive year, the poetry award goes to a director, at the 43rd edition of the prize. (La Notte Online)
- Thursday, 5 November 2026 · Analysis
Three excavations, three continents: the autumn of Mediterranean archaeology
From Cerveteri to Saqqara, from Pompeii to international recognition: three recent discoveries offer a picture of how much the subsoil still has to tell about ancient civilisations.
- Wednesday, 4 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Six intact gold bracelets, with a combined weight of 762.5 grams, were discovered on the edge of a forest path in northern Denmark and handed over to the Nordjyske Museer for official assessment. Les Découvertes Archéologiques
- Wednesday, 4 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
A series of thefts at smaller museums in France, Italy and Spain following the 2025 Louvre heist is fueling fears of a so-called Louvre effect: in Sicily, works by Antonello da Messina have disappeared, while two Renoir paintings were stolen in Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the Côte d'Azur. GV Wire
- Wednesday, 4 November 2026 · Analysis
Florence remembers the sixtieth anniversary of the 1966 flood
On 4 November 1966 the Arno broke its banks and flooded the city, causing 36 deaths. Sixty years later, Palazzo Vecchio hosts the official commemoration ceremony.
- Wednesday, 4 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On Thursday, November 5, the first and second floors of the Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum in Palermo will reopen after a lengthy restoration, in the presence of the President of the Sicilian Region. The first floor will once again display historical collections, including the Bourbon donations and the Etruscan Casuccini collection; the second floor houses the large Hall of Mosaics. La Sicilia
- Tuesday, 3 November 2026 · Analysis
Rome, the painted faces of Fayum at the Ara Pacis Museum
From November 5 an exhibition recounts two thousand years of funerary portraits between Egypt and ancient Rome, with a previously unseen panel discovered by an Italian mission
- Tuesday, 3 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
From November 6 to February 28, 2027, the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome hosts the exhibition "L'Olla di Cerere e le altre", dedicated to an ancient vase and a mysterious inscription reconstructed thanks to digital technologies. Source: Revenews.
- Tuesday, 3 November 2026 · Analysis
In Manduria, the tomb of a Messapian priestess resurfaces
In Manduria, the tomb of a Messapian priestess resurfaces
- Tuesday, 3 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Colosseum Archaeological Park has inaugurated 'Troy and Rome', described as the flagship exhibition of the Roman season, with the installation curated by Simona Murrone. The news currently comes from a single source; no independent confirmation available. Quotidiano Arte
- Monday, 2 November 2026 · Analysis
Excavations resume at Cumae, a face resurfaces in the necropolis
The 2026 archaeological campaign has begun in the Porta Mediana necropolis at Cumae: among the first finds, a terracotta fragment bearing a bearded male face, in research conducted together with the French Centre Jean Bérard.
- Monday, 2 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
From 3 to 8 November, the City of Milan is promoting Forum Cultura 2026, with working sessions at Casva and a free public programme spanning museums, libraries and cultural venues, plus over a thousand free tickets for shows and screenings. On the weekend of 7 and 8 November the programme moves to Bovisa, with visits to the Goccia construction site on Renzo Piano's masterplan. Source: Comune di Milano.
- Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Analysis
National Arts Prize, 123 works selected in L'Aquila
At the twentieth edition of the competition promoted by the Ministry of University, the selection discarded over two-thirds of the applications received from twenty-six academies.
- Sunday, 1 November 2026 · Analysis
São Paulo celebrates Tarsila do Amaral and Joan Miró in two major exhibitions
Brazilian museum institutions dedicate retrospectives to two protagonists of twentieth-century art: an exhibition on Joan Miró recently concluded at FAAP and a journey through Tarsila do Amaral's work at the Museu FAMA in São Paulo.
- Sunday, 1 November 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Archaeologists have found walls, gates and traces of metalworking at Tell Muhammad, southeast of Baghdad, in a joint project between the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and the University of Catania. The National
- Saturday, 31 October 2026 · Analysis
Three exhibitions, three eras: from Rome to Bologna, a weekend between contemporary art and archaeology
The Museo delle Mura opens 'Correnti Sotterranee', the Uccelliere Farnesiane continues with 'Saffo', and Palazzo Belloni hosts an immersive exhibition reconstructing the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
- Saturday, 31 October 2026 · Analysis
Anne Carson wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy awarded the prize to the Canadian writer for her dialogue with classical tradition.
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