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- Saturday, 31 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The archaeological excavation at via San Pietro in Loculi, Sardinia, has yielded a multi-layered area of about 700 square meters with evidence dating from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. The site had been discovered by chance in 2019 during parking lot construction work. On October 26 the Superintendency announced the results of the dig, which was exceptionally opened to the public on October 29. (Scripta Manent Italia)
- Saturday, 31 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The third excavation campaign by the University of Milan in the Case Montana plateau, within the Valley of the Temples Archaeological Park, has brought to light a district of ancient Akragas that had remained unknown for over two thousand years. The monumental structures, dating from the fifth century BC, were destroyed during the Carthaginian siege of 406 BC. Archaeologists have opened two excavation areas at the site. (AgrigentoNotizie)
- Friday, 30 October 2026 · Analysis
Pompeii, a cabinet from 79 AD gives back the objects of an interrupted household
Along via dell'Abbondanza the Archaeological Park recovered a piece of furniture sealed by the eruption of Vesuvius, containing cosmetics, coins and a necklace of amulets for children.
- Friday, 30 October 2026 · Analysis
In Loculi, the dig that tells three thousand years of Sardinian history reopens for one day
In the Nuoro area, an archaeological site discovered by chance during works for a car park has opened its doors to the public: from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages across 700 square metres of stratifications.
- Friday, 30 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Il Giornale dell'Arte reported on 29 October the discovery, at the archaeological site of Altino, of the city's first episcopal basilica, uncovered during ongoing excavation campaigns. The news currently comes from a single source; no independent confirmation is available at this time. Source
- Friday, 30 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
In Loculi, in the Nuoro area, a chance discovery in 2019 during works for a car park had brought to light a site of about 700 square metres with evidence from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, including a fragment of a votive Nuragic sword. On 29 October, the via San Pietro excavation site opened to the public on a special basis from 9:30 to 13:00. Source
- Thursday, 29 October 2026 · Analysis
In Agrigento, a neighbourhood destroyed in the 406 BC siege resurfaces
In the Valley of the Temples Archaeological Park, walls and buildings from a neighbourhood of Akragas wiped out by the Carthaginian siege have come back to light. The excavation is led by the University of Milan.
- Thursday, 29 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
On the Montana houses plateau, in the Valley of the Temples, the third excavation campaign by the University of Milan, which concluded on October 24, uncovered monumental walls of a district destroyed in the Carthaginian siege of 406 BC. The mission is led by Professor Claudia Lambrugo with archaeologist Maria Concetta Parello. AgrigentoNotizie
- Thursday, 29 October 2026 · Analysis
A site between nuraghi and the Middle Ages opens to the public in the Nuoro area
In Loculi, an archaeological dig that began by chance during work for a car park opens its doors exceptionally: seven hundred square metres of stratification from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages.
- Thursday, 29 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The third excavation campaign by the University of Milan in the Valley of the Temples at Agrigento has brought to light, alongside the monumental walls already uncovered, ancient hydraulic channels belonging to a district destroyed during the Carthaginian siege of 406 BC — the only source currently available (AgrigentoNotizie).
- Wednesday, 28 October 2026 · Analysis
At the Ara Pacis, the Fayum faces arrive from Egypt for the first time
The Roman museum is displaying over 110 works on the human face in the ancient Mediterranean: for the first time, Egypt is lending almost all the panels from its national collections, including the Cairo's Tondo of the Two Brothers.
- Tuesday, 27 October 2026 · Analysis
At Saqqara, the tomb of a high official re-emerges with possibly surgical instruments
Egyptian authorities announce the discovery of the tomb of Weni, an official of the 6th Dynasty, with a burial assemblage that includes bronze objects of possible medical use.
- Tuesday, 27 October 2026 · Analysis
In Loculi, an archaeological dig tells four thousand years of Sardinian history
The site on Via San Pietro opens exceptionally to the public on October 29: layers spanning from the Bronze Age to the post-medieval period in a town of six hundred inhabitants in the Nuoro area.
- Tuesday, 27 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini in Milan is hosting, from 27 October to 31 January 2027, the work Annunciazione by Artemisia Gentileschi, on loan from the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples. It is a temporary loan of one of the painter's best-known canvases. Arte.it
- Tuesday, 27 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Palazzo Falletti di Barolo in Turin is hosting, until 31 January 2027, the exhibition Banksy - Street is the Museum, featuring over 150 pieces including graffiti, photographs, video installations and reconstructions from The World of Banksy project. The exhibition has been open since 22 October. GuidaTorino
- Monday, 26 October 2026 · Analysis
Agrigento, an unknown district of Akragas comes back to light
Excavations by the University of Milan in the Valley of the Temples bring to light monumental structures from the fifth century BC, which had remained buried and unknown until today.
- Monday, 26 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
At Calcinaiola, in the municipality of Bibbona, works on the Livorno-Piombino gas pipeline have brought to light an extra-urban production facility from the Roman imperial age, with a special public opening of the dig site. The report currently comes from a single source (Gazzetta di Livorno); no independent confirmation available. Source: Gazzetta di Livorno.
- Friday, 23 October 2026 · Analysis
In Agrigento, a district of Akragas destroyed in 406 BC resurfaces
Excavations by the University of Milan in the Valley of the Temples bring to light an entire district of the ancient Greek city, buried under the rubble of the Carthaginian siege.
- Friday, 23 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
In Wesseling, near Cologne, a Roman hoard has been discovered consisting of 934 denarii totaling 3.1 kilograms of silver, probably hidden in the second century AD. The treasure includes coins minted over a span of nearly three centuries, a sign of gradual accumulation before being buried. Source: Storie & Archeostorie.
- Thursday, 22 October 2026 · Analysis
A Roman amphora resurfaces at Punta Chiappa, in the Portofino Marine Protected Area
The Genoa Underwater Carabinieri Unit located an intact Roman amphora at a depth of over 40 metres off Camogli, bringing to light a site considered almost forgotten.
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