From the Italian Press

As often, the Italian press is full of discoveries which never make it to the English press, alas …

Politicamente Correto reports on the discovery of a monumental lion sculpture from Modena, dating to the second half or so of the first century:

• Nuove scoperte archeologiche dagli scavi lungo la Via Emilia a Fossalta

PatrimonionSOS has a letter suggesting the protests of archaeologists at Ostia are getting more serious:

• Scavi di Ostia Antica chiusi al pubblico. Il personale in assemblea: NO al Commissariamento

cf:

• ROMA: GIRO, SU AREA ARCHEOLOGICA TUTELA PREROGATIVA AFFIDATA A SOPRINTENDENTI (Libero)

A piece in Articolo 21 seems to suggest it goes beyond Ostia:

• Roma: archeologi e architetti dchiarano stato di agistazione permanente

Cetona reports on the impending ‘continuation’ (for want of a better word) of the search for the tomb of Lars Porsenna:

• Indiana Jones e la ricerca della misteriosa tomba di Porsenna

L’Unione Sarda on the excavation of some nuraghi and other sites (a bit vague):

• San Vito: Recupero dei siti archeologici

At Archaeogate there resides an article about remains of an Etruscan aquaduct at Bolsena (the pdf of the article is on the right side of the page):

• Acquedotto etrusco del V secolo a.C. scoperto a Bolsena

Plans for an archaeological park in Lecce make mention of a pile of finds from various periods, including some well-preserved Roman baths:

• Lecce rivela le Terme romane (Il Paese Nuovo)

Toscana TV reports on the arrest of a 72-year-old man in possession of some Dressel amphoras which eventually led to the discovery of a shipwreck site off the coast of Arrezzo:

• Scoperto ricettatore e trovato un sito archeologico mai censito

• Recuperate anfore romane Denunciato pensionato 72enne (La Nazione)

Manduria Oggi has a report (with some photos) on the discovery of a Messapic burial dating to the 4th/3rd century B.C.:

• Straordinario rinvenimento a Manduria: una tomba messapica integra del IV sec. a.C.