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From the Discovery Channel, archaeological digging might soon unveil the mystery surrounding a
sword buried in a Gothic abbey in Tuscany.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040301/sword.html
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The Scandinavian-Sicilian Expedition
International excavations at a 700 to 400 BCE hillfort.
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakk/sicilia/
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The Mesolithic Burial of Mezzocorona
The archaeological site of Borgonuovo was discovered in 1991 by Leone Merchiori and Remo Carli
during digging works for the construction of a terrace wall, which truncated the anthropic deposit.
http://web.unife.it/progetti/notes/emezzoc.htm
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I Fani
Maps and images from this Bronze Age through Archaic Period site.
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/archaeology/Projects/Robinson/Fani/index.htm
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First Ancient Neolithic Finds from Garfagnana
The Upper and Middle valley of Serchio river, between Apuane Alps and Northern Appennines has been
known for a long time because of the great number of Final Epigravettian and Mesolithic sites, but
only recently the archaeological researches performed by Paolo Notini allowed us to recognize two
Neolithic sites in Pieve Fosciana commune that have been excavated in 1995-1997.
http://web.unife.it/progetti/notes/eprime.htm
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Carbonia
The Phoenician and Punic town stands on a hill whose history dates back to the Neolithic (as the
presence of the Domus de Janas witnesses) and after to the Nuragic Age.
http://sardinia.net/carbonia/eng/sirai.htm
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Capo Alfiere
Capo Alfiere is the name of a Neolithic site located on a small headland on the eastern coast of
Calabria.
http://www.utexas.edu/research/ica/morter/CAweb.html
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Tyrol Museum of Archaelogy
Pictures and background material about Oetzi, the iceman, from the museum where he is exhibited.
http://www.archaeologiemuseum.it/f01_uk.html
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DNA Results Could ID Columbus
From Discovery Channel, two sets of DNA detectives prepare to put Christopher Columbus' finally to
rest.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040119/columbus.html
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Ancient Carved 'Faces' Found
From BBC, Italian scientist says he has found a carved stone head that is 200,000 years old.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3197402.stm
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DNA reveals how the Italian Iceman went down fighting
From the Independent, Iceman bore traces of the blood of four other men on his weapons and clothes,
three of whom he had killed or wounded.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=433095
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Iron Age Burial Site Unearthed
From Discovery Channel, workers fixing the sewers of a small Tuscan village have discovered a
mysterious statue stelae which may lead to a large Iron Age warrior cemetery.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030804/statue.html
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'Italian Stonehenge' Found on Mountain
From the Telegraph, a series of prehistoric stone structures, reminiscent of Stonehenge but taller
and possibly earlier, have been located 3,500ft above sea level on a mountain in Calabria, southern
Italy.
http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/22/wstone22.xml&sSheet=/n....
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Iceman's Final Meal
From the BBC, the last two meals eaten by the 5,300-year-old iceman, dubbed Oetzi, have been
revealed by scientists.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2262615.stm
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Man from the Hauslabjoch
Research overview about the iceman provided by the anatomical institute of Innsbruck.
http://www.uibk.ac.at/c/c5/c552/Forschung/Iceman/iceman-en.html
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Death of the Iceman
Provides documentary about Oetzi, the Iceman. Includes transcripts of BBC documentery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/iceman.shtml
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Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria
1848 volume by George Dennis. The complete work online. 1165 pages, engravings, maps, and plans.
http://www.ukans.edu/history/index/europe/ancient_rome/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/.Periods....
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Horace's Farmhouse Found Beneath Horace's villa Site
Attempt to answer whether the Roman poet and the satirist Horace live in a modest farmhouse, as he
tells us in his writings, or in a 20,000-square-foot villa, which most archaeologists have
attributed to him.
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/spr02/steinmetz.html
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Roman gold mine of Bessa
Alberto Vaudagna's description of the archaeology, history and geology of this area in Piedmont,
with images and bibliography. Includes a 2nd century BCE gold mine and Protohistoric rock art.
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/bessapark/english.htm
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Rockart at the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (CCSP)
Includes: 1500+ pages of rock art information,images, descriptions, discussion, and links.
http://www.rockart-ccsp.com/
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Rock Art and Petroglyphs in Valcamonica
Footsteps of Man Archaeological Society is investigating prehistoric petrogyphs in the Alps.
Clickable map leads to images. Descriptions of sites and periods.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/2384/
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The Troina Project
The University of Cambridge is investigating the archaeological history of the Troina region in
Sicily. The team, regional survey and analysis, excavations at Casa Sollima - a prehistoric house.
http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/TROINA/
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Sicilian-Scandinavian Archaeological Project
An international collaborative project investigates Monte Polizzo, an early Iron Age settlement in
the NW of Sicily. Participants, landscape survey, fieldwork, finds and archaeobotony.
http://dig.anthro.niu.edu/sicily/sic_home.htm
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Campanaio, Sicily: A Geophysical Survey 1995
A geophysical evaluation in southern Sicily by Bournemouth University to identify industrial
activity in the Roman rural settlement.
http://csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk/consci/sicily/
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