Assorted items of interest which may or may not make it to the English-reading press:
A pair of 5th/4th century B.C. burials found during sewer construction in Canosa:
- Canosa, dalla terra un tesoro Due tombe del IVsec. A.C. (Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno)
From the same period come similar finds from Castellaneta; the site is clearly much larger, but there aren’t any funds to excavate, apparently:
A second century A.D. necropolis of some 300 burials from the Piana del Sole-Castel Malnome; apparently already found by tombaroli:
A story about some guy who discovered the thing he was using in his garden as a trough or whatever for these past number of years was actually a fourth century Roman sarcophagus:
- Ho scoperto un sarcofago romano in giardino (Il Giornale)
The first century (A.D.) Roman Villa at Pincio, which includes first century (B.C.) mosaics, will be restored by this fall:
- Pincio, restauro entro l’autunno (Il Tempo)
Some purloined Apulian (?) items recovered over forty years ago are going on display; interesting comments at the end of the piece about how the lack of provenance presents difficulties for researchers:
- Tesoro archeologico foggiano va all’Emilia (Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno)
An Italian woman was arrested at the airport in Florence with some antiquities from Herculaneum and the Villa Soria at Torre del Greco:
- A Londra con reperti in valigia: denunciata (La Nazione)
- Firenze, sequestrati all’aereoporto reperti archeologici provenienti da Ercolano e Torre del Greco (Radio Nostalgia)
Some tombaroli were apprehended in Enna:
The Sanctuary of Minerva at Breno is open to the public until the end of September:
- Breno: riapre il santuario di Minerva (Giornale di Brescia)
They’ve reopened some of the rooms in the Baths of Diocletian:
A sort of touristy thing on the House of the Surgeon at Rimini:
- La Domus del Chirurgo: patrimonio storico di Rimini (press release)
Interesting treasure-hunt-in-the-museum idea:
