Avalost - La Scoperta (La Trilogia di Avalost Vol. 1) (Italian Edition)

Oh my gosh, I am such a sucker for family sagas about witchy women, especially when sisters are involved. I was not disappointed on any of those fronts. Oddly, this did not remind me of an Alice Hoffman novel, as I'd expected. Rather, it was like reading something like The Watchtower if it were written by Adriana Trigiani. I would have liked a few more food references and maybe recipes and a few more garden references, but that's just me. I love food and gardens. I adored the Amore Sisters, though.

I could really "feel" them as I read. I enjoyed their current story, their history, everything. They reminded me a bit of me and my two sisters. I was captivated by their mother. In fact, I really hope to see another book about Margaret Green's family I hope I got that right; I don't have the book with me and can't look up the Amore mom's actual name I liked that there was a mystery going on, though not one that took up the whole story.

I liked that there was a ghost story, though not one that encompassed everything. Now, I have to keep in mind that I have an uncorrected proof and most of the typos and errors will be fixed before final publication. Maybe Elly will be beefed-up a bit, too. But I do know that I want to keep watching this author. I think she's going to give us some great stories and I'm going to want to read them.

View all 4 comments. Oct 03, Maria rated it really liked it. Yet another book that made me stay up basically all night. I adore the idea of magic and witches, so it's no surprise that I ended up falling in love with this story. To be quite honest, I wasn't a big fan of the main character at first, I still think I don't like her that much , but she grows into such I can't choose one I mean, I love Itsy and her story was so moving Mimi's was beyond perf Yet another book that made me stay up basically all night.

Mimi's was beyond perfect as well, but there's something special about Itsy And then there's also George's! They are so perfectly linked that I guess that choosing one means choosing them all. There are no regrets when it comes to that. I like the flow, the pace Shall we even mention Elizabeth?

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I found that such a brilliant detail. Quite a few wonderful names! I really did enjoy this book! In honor of The Witch of Bourbon Street: A Novel having been released two days ago, I'm listening to this to see if there's anything new in here that I missed my first go'round. I'm so glad I listened to this! That was a brilliant move on my part. You'll note that my rating hasn't changed from the first read but my appreciation for some of the elements has. Let's start with the bad again: I mean, I get it, she's been lost and abused for, like, 13 years of her life, or somesuch.

Of course she's a little jacked-up but she doesn't even get close to finding herself and becoming who she wants to be until way too late. I gave up on her again around the halfway mark, as she showed no signs of progress and served only to infuriate me. I'd have given her shaken character syndrome by the end, had I been able to get my hands on her.

She's no peach, either. She's another Elly, only less pathetic and more cruel. At least she's an interesting person, probably. This time around, though, Anthony is the one I despise the most. He is exactly the kind of man I do not like. He's possessive from the very start, assuming that because Elly professed her love for him when she was 10 and 13, he has the right to touch her whenever he wants, knowing full well she doesn't really remember him or anything that happened between them when they were kids.

He's the kind of man who believes "NO" does not mean NO! For instance, early on, he grabs her and holds her in his arms and she struggles to get away because she is super uncomfortable. She asks him to let go and he flat out says, "No" He does this again when they have sex. She says, "We shouldn't" and she's giving every physical indication she's not ready but when she turns away from him to let him do as he pleases - again, abused - he gets angry because not only does he press the issue, he presses for her consent, as well.

This guy is a piece of work. He's the kind of guy lots of girls dig. I'm not one of those girls. I would have been just as happy had these three never existed in this story. Now for the fun: A Novel , more than just the Green and Amore families. There are addicted mothers, Carmen in this one and Naomi in Belladonna Bay. Willow Bliss, friend and accidental troublemaker, shows up in this story.

Millie Bliss, friend and maybe-not-so accidental troublemaker, shows up in Bourbon Street. I hadn't remembered all those things when I read each of the books but what a nice tie-up, now! I was just as enchanted by the garden, by the cottage by the sea, by Margaret and her children. What I hadn't noticed before, though, and it's something brought up by another reviewer, though he says it in more negative "I didn't like this book" terms, is the cruelty that pervades the lives of these women.

It's not intentional but it's there and it all stems from poor decisions. Margaret's bad decisions affect her entire family, most notably the children who survive The Day The Amores Died. Itzy's bad decisions affect Carmen and, more strongly, Elly. Mimi gives scads of terrible advice, having acted upon her own poor decisions for so long, and it trickles down, washing Carmen in misery which, in turn, does the same to Elly.

These women can't see how they've created so much heaviness in their lives simply because they hold fast to beliefs and secrets and memories given to them by their mother and they never question whether or not their mother was right. Itzy goes against what she thinks her mother would have wanted but she feels horrible about it, still believing Margaret to be the pinnacle of all that is good and virtuous.

None of these women claim themselves, they can only be Amore Women and that's really sad. I think we're used to stories in which women can grab or make their own identities and we forget that, actually, that's not always the case. It might be hard for many to understand the motivations of these magical women, how they can be so cruel while talking about how much they love one another, but this is how it is for many women.

It's hard to both get along with and separate yourself from your mother, let alone your maternal ancestors. Sometimes, there's no leaving that womb and that's what happens here. Elly's baby offers hope. If she can leave the womb, literally, maybe she'll be the one to leave it figuratively, as well. Cassandra Campbell narrates this. She succeeds in making Elly sound even more whiny and pathetic than she'd been when I read her in my head. She also adds a touch of lovely to all the descriptive elements, most especially the food, the gardens, and that wonderful little cottage by the sea.

View all 9 comments. Apr 27, Lindsey rated it it was ok. Not the worst chick lit I've ever read. But not good, either. Every character has the exact same voice; there's no distinction at all, no personalities that separate the characters. Anthony is extremely obnoxious as a man, the love interest, their relationship is the most boring, easy, etc. Elly is a wet noodle, a doormat who I ca Not the worst chick lit I've ever read. Elly is a wet noodle, a doormat who I can't relate to at all. The entire book is a series of teasing to the point, then when the main storyline is finally revealed, it's explained away in a couple paragraphs.

It's a perfect beach read for the type of women who don't require any contemplation or challenge in their reading. Sep 28, TJ rated it it was ok. I could not connect with this book or it's characters at all. I couldn't find the magic others reviewers felt. I was a bit confused by some of the plot. It seem to all over the place she finds out she's pregnant by her abusive boyfriend that her mother encouraged her to peruse. However she does tell her that she should leave him and press charges. Her narcissiant mother refuses to help her so she decides to go to her family that she hasn't seen since she was Somehow her memory is blo Ummmm Somehow her memory is blocked and it is up to her to discover the memory from that day.

Because it will bring her peace? She falls in love with a boy she loved as a child and he is just as crazy for her. I don't understand why he lives in her family's building. Supposedly he was an electrician yet he was never at work? The aunts and grandmother was just as strange. It was torture to finish beause I forced myself. Apr 11, Patricia J. O'Brien rated it it was amazing. My New York grandmother used to read tea leaves and cards. It is one reason I like magical realism—stories set in ordinary life but with fantastical elements, things that are not easily explained, the mysteries of life.

When I picked up The Witch of Little Italy I felt at home with the characters and their intuition, their ability to know things from afar or before they happen. Suzanne has created a richly-layered family of women who all have The Sight, which gets them into trouble as well as leads them out of difficulties. If you like the stories of Alice Hoffman, you should love this.

Suzanne has developed women and relationships every bit as complex, difficult, estranged and heartrendingly beautiful. They welcome her to their apartment house as though they expect her. They see something darker, too. And gives the characters a chance to breathe and grow.

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Here are some samples of writing style: The night was mild for December but the snow fell anyway, glittery dancing dust. She kicked the snow and faced her past. Eleanor turned around and walked to the curb to try and hail a cab. A crumpled ball of paper flew over her head and landed in the snow at her feet.

It began to unfurl. Eleanor picked it up. Nothing here to see. It rolled off her tongue and mingled with the snowflakes. Her heart knew the name even if her mind only contained a small recollection. She turned back to see the woman who tossed the paper, but as she turned the door shut tight against her.

I thought of the girl, her back pressed against the door in the hallway. Soft features, not hard like Carmen. A softer version of her mother in all the good ways. The last time she was back she was about thirteen or so. I remember I was so worried that night. Jul 13, Ginger rated it did not like it. I was at a function one time and the speaker was a librarian. She spoke about not letting books "bully" you. In short, if you don't like it, put it down - there are too many good books to read. This was her rule of thumb: If you are under 50 - then read 50 pages of the book.

If it doesn't grab you - put it down. If you are over 50, subtract your age from and read that many pages. If you live to be you get to judge a book by it's cover! Well I should I was at a function one time and the speaker was a librarian. Well I should have read 39 pages but instead I read and then I put it down.

In fact I am giving it to my 13 year old granddaughter to read - it's something that I think she will enjoy. I found this to be a pathetically stupid book. This book is a "Practical Magic" wanna be. I sing praises to Alice Hoffman - she is one of my favorites. Palmieri just doesn't come close. Now a lot of people have given good ratings to this book - it just was not my cup of tea. Dec 13, Sue rated it really liked it. This book is out in paperback in March The Amore sisters in the Bronx aren't your typical little old ladies--they are part of a family of women who have the Sight.

Eleanor comes back to the apartment building where her Grandmother and Aunts live to escape an abusive boyfriend and face her sudden pregnancy. In doing so, she awakens her memories of a long ago summer she spent at the apartment building that she can't reme This book is out in paperback in March In doing so, she awakens her memories of a long ago summer she spent at the apartment building that she can't remember and has no idea why. Lots of family secrets involving the infamous Day The Amores Died back in How does magic change things?

And why is love the most powerful magic of all? An enjoyable novel that I couldn't put down. Jun 24, Lesleigh rated it it was amazing. I read this book the way you eat a bar of chocolate. Not the cheap stuff you buy to fill a need or appease the kids. The good kind that you buy, on sale, as a treat.

You nibble away at it, bit by bit, tucking the rest away on a high shelf where the kids can't get at it. I savored this tale of magic and family and I enjoyed every bite. It put me in mind of Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman I can't imagine anyone who would not relate this tale on some level and I cannot recommend it enough. Now, go light a white candle Suzy: Mar 08, Gina Heron rated it it was amazing.

This is a beautifully written, hopeful story Apr 19, Laura Kay Bolin rated it it was amazing Shelves: Eleanor Amore finally opens her eyes to the abusive relationship with her boyfriend Copper once she realizes she is pregnant. She is hoping her mom will help her out, but to no avail. She decides she will go back to the one place she always felt she belonged, where she felt safe Back to her Amore family! Back to where Eleanor lost her memory when she was ten, but also where she feels she left her heart. When she returns to her family, she http: When she returns to her family, she begins regaining flashes of memories from her earlier life.

Learning more about her past pushes Eleanor to figure out the family mystery The only way for her to have a future is the figure out the past. The Witch of Little Italy is filled with magic, family, and tradition.

The Witch of Little Italy

Once I had the chance to really sit down and read I really just didn't want to put it down. I was drawn into the magical world of the Amore's, I wanted to figure out the mystery. I wanted to know and understand the family history! The novel mainly goes back and forth between Eleanor's point of view and her Aunt Itsy. The Aunt Itsy chapters gives the reader more information, as well as more questions. Some parts of the mystery I was able to figure out, but man the ones I didn't!! This is just a great read! I read a quote on the back of the book that truly sums up and I wanted to share it.

This is a complex, richly textured tale that practically sings with magic, and I know Suzanne Palmieri has a long and brilliant career ahead of her. I honestly agree with Ms. Ball's description of the book! I am highly recommending The Witch of Little Italy! Nov 12, Ariana rated it it was amazing. The truth - I would give this book 5 stars even if I hated it because the author is one of my favorite people and she deserves 5 stars for just being her. It is fun, emotional, mystical, a little scary, funny, nostalgic - a very good read.

You will fall in love with the characters - especially the old aunties. Now, maybe because I am Italian and maybe because my earliest childhood memories are filled with the garlic-scented volume The truth - I would give this book 5 stars even if I hated it because the author is one of my favorite people and she deserves 5 stars for just being her. Now, maybe because I am Italian and maybe because my earliest childhood memories are filled with the garlic-scented volume of my grandparents' Bronx home on Sunday afternoons - particularly loud volume if The Giants were playing - and maybe because that house was full of little treasures everywhere, and there were loud uncles and DELICIOUS food - so maybe I felt a connection to this book that I otherwise would not have.

But even if you did not grow up this way, you will relate to Elly's journey and get swept up in the magic. Really - the last pages are so full of "I have to find out what happens", you will ignore your children and forget to sleep until you finish. Now, give me a sequel please. Mar 22, Stephanie rated it it was amazing. I now have a new definition of "unputdownable. A student says "must be some good book.

Almost at the end of the book you started last night, the book that deprived you some serious sleep, the first book in years that you read in a day I now have a new definition of "unputdownable. Almost at the end of the book you started last night, the book that deprived you some serious sleep, the first book in years that you read in a day because you simply had to. The plot strands in this book are marvelous and Palmieri ties them together beautifully--not too loose, not too tight or too neat.

Jul 15, Anna rated it liked it. I thought this book was pretty good. Not something that I couldn't put down, however. I found myself skimming parts of it and even at times bored. I didn't like the skipping of stories between the protagnoist and one of the Aunt's. I found Elly to be boring quite frankly and I was disappointed of the lack of spark the reader feels in the relationship between Anthony and Elly. Libraries that need to fill in gaps in their holdings of Etruscan News can receive Best wishes for Etruscan News, single issues at their request.

See announcement page For our previous issue we added eight extra pages, and we expect to add pages for Volume Types the international world of Etruscan studies. Individual subscribers copies: Jane Whitehead Please remit this form with a check payable to: Etruscan News Volume A new phase in the real and virtual history of the Etruscan town of Acquarossa Viterbo I would also like to make a donation of: The total amount enclosed is: He was an of preserving this uniquely valuable, but inspiring director, collaborated with the at the same time fragile, archaeological town in many ways, and installed the site.

Tre secoli di scop- picturesque underground gallery. There, however, he has been Soprintendenza of Pompei or foreign equally active, installing new sections museums. She also headed the Ufficio and making the collection more easily Editoria, organized two International accessible for visitors. He has been Congresses on archaeological research active in projects working with in the area of Vesuvius and edited the American museums, including the Proceedings, and edited 33 volumes of exhibit on the Chimaera at the Getty the Collana di Studi.

Shapiro, Mario Castellana ancient Falerii. He was born in Cortona, Nazionale di Villa Giulia in Rome, as and has been the director of the Museo ing for her doctorate in Etruscatology. Photo by Massimo Legni. Maria Angela Turchetti, the new director of the Archaeological Romanization in Italy, and on Pompeii, Museum of Chiusi, is the former direc- Herculaneum and the cities destroyed tor of the Museum at Cosa.

The Roman by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Republican site of Cosa is an American She has excavated in the Latin colony of excavation in collaboration with the Fregellae, in the pre-Roman necropolis Soprintendenza, first directed by Frank of Campovalano, and in the Villa of the Brown, Director of the American Papyri in Herculaneum.

Until July , Academy in Rome, and by his succes- she was director of the excavations of sor, Russell T. Herculaneum with the Soprintendenza Archeologica of Pompei. Packard, president of the Packard Humanities Institute a philan- thropic foundation , with the aim of sup- porting the Italian State, through the Museo Archeologico Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Nazionale di Chiusi.

Vetulonia, continued from page 5 unprovable. Were these objects that the first step in a long and complex were part of the furnishings of the process that aims to bring to light the house, dismantled and broken to be entire urban district of Poggiarello removed at the time of the fire and aban- Renzetti, with its houses, its streets, its donment? Scrap artifacts ready to be artisan shops, its town squares for man remelted?

Material resulting from the and its temples for the gods. A neighbor- looting of a sacred place outside the hood collapsed and remained buried, home, from looters lost in the tragic with its stones and its clay bricks, under events of the fire in the quarter? These a few meters of dirt for over two thou- questions and many others that the exca- sand years; a treasure imprisoned in vation has sparked we will attempt to silence, which no one has touched, it answer in future research.

In the sent of the Superintendent for house, in fact, there could have been a Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany and lararium, a shrine with images of the the enthusiastic support of the city protector gods of the house; such administration of Castiglione della shrines are well known in the Roman Pescaia. In any case, the find Started very cautiously, the excava- spot, which resembles a storage room tions have accelerated greatly in the last due to the presence of the dolia and four years, thanks to the financial com- Fig.

One of the bronzes exhibits tributions from private individuals. Except for a brief intervention by the gray limestone tiles in a red background a singular headgear, reminiscent of the Vetulonia, whose importance to the Soprintendenza Archeologica 30 years of opus signinum; the walls were plas- pointed cap of the famous Etruscan early Iron Age is well known, was ago, exploration in the area of the tered and painted.

In the adjoining room priest, the haruspex. If its restoration reborn in new splendor in the 3rd centu- ancient city had been suspended for the the bronze feet of a dining couch and confirms this impression, the impor- ry BC, when, thanks to its alliance with tance of this data cannot be dismissed. Rome, coinage was minted there bear-. Complicating the issue is the presence ing its name, VATL. The Hellenistic of a stone base that still retains the feet quarter, Poggiarello Renzetti, discov- of another, larger, bronze votive statue.

The displaying episodes from the saga of the assumptions faced are numerous, but all Argonauts. These are now preserved in currently continued on page 4 Fig. Excavations have now been reopened, This building was destroyed, along thanks to the efforts of the Isidoro with the entire neighborhood, by a fire Falchi archeological cultural associa- in the early 1st century BC, as evi- tion which was founded in pre- denced by the scarcity of materials that cisely in order to revive the archaeolog- can be dated from the beginning of the ical investigations and to document the century up to 70 BC.

The destruction of results. Within a um, various rooms face each other. I admired territory, on the other side of the Tiber. From my apartment I researchers can look up information on November 1, ; and the National an invitation by the organizers. The most exciting archaeological and the American Academy in Rome. Near the end Books, August 13, Etruscan News 17 , p. I was also fortunate enough to catch Meraviglie Fig. This is not to be confused with Planet. It seems at one thetic and often dramatic biographies of Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the the Funeral Couch, La Tombe del Letto point to have hosted a resident prophetic the various directors, professors, mem- Hellenistic World, an exhibition at Funebre, whose every detail was repro- hermit.

Paul Getty transported to another place and time. We never noticed the heat in the Gabriele Cifani. Then the audience was dramatic three hours that led us, in real invited to adjourn to the Norton-Van time, by way of the via Sacra through Buren Room Fig. And so we were back full circle, deserves credit for the Museum and the in the Romanization that marked the end Inventory, where students and Fig. Etruscan Ceramics A special feature was a reproduction from Cetamura del of a large Etruscan storage jar, ca.

Chianti tall, so far known only in fragments by Nancy de Grummond from excavation. The whole profile of the jar was reconstructed in a drawing, A grant from the Archaeological and the vessel was reproduced in styro- Institute of America provided the basic foam using a digital carving router, support for an exhibition on 3-D print- which creates shapes by a process the ing of ancient pottery at the Museum of opposite of 3-D printing: The show opened on away. Thus a huge block of styrofoam October 16, , and was featured as was systematically cut away until it an activity of International Archaeology assumed the shape of the jar.

The final Day on Oct. These designs The originals of the vessels were were then printed out by a Makerbot excavated in recent years by de Replicator using a plastic filament Grummond in an Etruscan sanctuary, stock. They included Etruscan, Roman in assembling and polishing the printed and medieval examples dating from as pieces. Graves then finished them off early as the 6th century BCE and as late with spray paint to achieve an appropri- as the Middle Ages ca.

A ate texture and color. All the original artifacts not only exhibit was planned to be of interest to remained in Italy, but are not readily the general public, but especially to available for the public to touch. A ments that allowed for standard 2-D highlight of National Archaeology Day reconstruction drawings of pottery pro- was a session with children from the files — rim, wall and base; handle if Lighthouse of the Big Bend, spearhead- appropriate. Explanatory labels and wall ed by Dr. Sandra Lewis of the FSU posters described the themes of the Visual Disabilities Program and her exhibit and the contexts in which the interns.

The 3-D pots were passed pieces were found. The students them- Fragmentary Etruscan black around as de Grummond and others selves had designed the posters, coordi- After printing 3-D version of the explained how they were used in the nated and edited by FSU Classics doc- gloss goblet, 2nd century BC fragmentary Etruscan beaker past. The children were also able to toral student Christina Cha. Artists at the drew a large, interested crowd. In our work we must go on hypothesis; aulos: One by Jacopo Gori thing I always say is woe to those who fall in love with hypotheses.

But this is To recreate the lost music of the one most fascinating experiment. They started this journey Etruscologist Rafanelli, who now with from two very distant points: They have together like the Greek. A true and correct copy saxophone. But there are various types incredible magic. These Together, they observed and studied, was to play them. Lost Music of of the legends of jazz. Today in our awake at night trying to understand how country it is used only for the launed- these instruments could work until I dis- das, an ancient Sardinian instrument.

I covered the secret. I still shudder Rafanelli, whose life is dedicated to the when I remember the first time I heard study of this population of ancient Italy. In many paintings Vecchio in Florence bottom left , where the Etruscans, by director Riccardo tar that protected them - in the cargo you see musicians playing on every two years ago archaeologists and Bicicchi.

It premiered at the hold of a shipwreck from years occasion: They com- in wrestling matches. But Cocco Cantini, at Paestum. The fingerholes and dimen- and Romans called them. Once the and one of the foremost authorities in jazz musician and experimenter that he sions all matched. In Cantini and Rafanelli below left and accordion virtuoso Antonello Salis. It was produced by Historia, the active stations dedicated to children: Medelhavseet, with , visitors.

Projected gists filmed live while excavating at on the rear wall on a giant screen is an Etruscan sites. It presents big changes from Tarquinia, a virtual tour of the Tomb of the first edition in Brussels: The with the technique of Laser Scanning virtual tour allows access to 36 tombs in 2D and 3D. The exhibit begins with a tions of the most important tombs from series of large monitors and screens dis- the Archaeological Park at Vulci will playing the world of the ancient also be presented for the first time dur- Etruscans though spectacular movies, ing the course of the exhibition.

The mapping and 3D mod- in 3D and eight large screen monitors eling of Etruscan tombs and artifacts display images from the world of the were created by the 3D Optical Etruscans themed by topic. Presented at the exhibition is the Fabio Remondino. This collabora- 3rd century B. Cleared dromos and chamber. It was possible this year to dig com- This latter date is suggested by the pletely the tomb chamber, which appe- 17th century pilgrim medallion.

Gaming tokens found in tomb. Our work pilgrims of the Jubilaeum. It was a brought to light a clear contrast between valuable key to understanding why the the exterior and interior of the tomb, tomb was carefully cleaned in the 16th both architecturally and chronological- century, and later regularly visited over ly. Outside the tomb, some See also: La ricerca archeologica in plex around to B. Rome, Gangemi with the Lattanzi twin-tomb in Norchia. Given the time period and the very hill, home of the monumental necropolis agreement with the Soprintendenza, who sawed off and carried away large of Tarquinia, and is therefore difficult to received from the Foundation CARIVIT parts of the painted surface.

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The inter- The Tomb of the vention of consolidating the plaster and access and control. Their condition had been further com- been able to install an insulating alu- dated to the late 6th century BC, was In the Associazione Amici promised by the vandalism they suf- minum door to maintain a stable temper- discovered in by the archaeologist delle Tombe Dipinte di Tarquinia, in fered in at the hands of tombaroli ature and humidity inside the burial Wolfgang Helbig, who accurately chamber.

We hope that in the near future Before L and after R root removal, cleaning and consolidation. After being documented, it was stabilized with inert necropolis of Crocifisso materials so that it would be meaningful del Tufo in Orvieto Terni even to the layman. Nine new inscrip- by Claudio Bizzarri tions were discovered and highly inter- esting ceramic and metal materials were The necropolis of Crocifisso del unearthed in numerous clusters of Tufo named after a small chapel dug tombs, some with two chambers, which into the tufa cliff overlooking the site is had been ransacked previously.

In the layout ing to the late 6th century BC. An unex- of their tombs, basically all alike and pected surprise appeared when an intact with the names of the owners in the Bucchero rooster and duck finials. On the whole the modest size , located together with six necropolis can be dated to the second other tombs inside an enclosure of tufa half of the 6th and to the 5th century blocks.

The tomb goods belonged to a BC, although one of the most interest- re-deposition dating to the end of the 6th ing, a small tumulus tomb with a stone century BC. There were numerous buc- sarcophagus belonging to a woman, chero vases relating to the banquet dates to around the middle of the 7th oinochoai, chalices, kantharoi, a so- century BC. The tomb furnishings are called grissini tray, amphoras with deco- in general homogeneous, with Attic pot- rations on the lip and cover, the last- tery pertaining to the symposium named with a small modeled rooster among these are those by the greatest and vases in bronze lamina a basin with of black-figure masters, Exekias.

The to the archaeometric analyses in the per- basic maintenance of the area over time son of Prof. David George, and the was also an essential element, for it benefactors who furnished free lodging meant enhancing, together with the Cody and Kelly Barnett. Students of Soprintendenza, the most important Italian and foreign institutions, profes- accessible archaeological site in sional archaeologists and volunteers Orvieto. The scientific direction was participated in the dig. See were subjected to an initial cleaning and Restauro, under the direction of Dr.

Vilma Basilissi as well as a couple of by objects in bronze and iron, all related was named field director. Financial sup- It was thus a complex archaeological bone needles and numerous iron frag- to the banquet. Excavations of the port was guaranteed by the Sostratos site open to outsiders, and particularly ments from knives, spits and firedogs. New archaeometric analyses will be car- with methods now considered rather profit entrepreneurial group, which The results of the first campaign ried out on samples taken from inside questionable, while the first excavations manages the economic and logistic sec- were much more than had been expect- the containers in hopes of discovering to be carried out scientifically were tor of the project in Orvieto, as well as ed.

Removal of the vegetation that had further elements that will help define the begun in the s and continued to the other projects in Etruria, with passion overgrown an area excavated around the funeral rituals that took place in the ring end of the century. The new campaigns and proficiency. Of essential impor- end of the 20th century brought to light necropolis of the city of Orvieto. These non- Progetto Multidisciplinare invasive methods will trace buried Bisenzio archaeological remains in the settlement by Dr. Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz The quality of the geophysical data will depend largely on the degree of preser- A few kilometers north of Viterbo vation of the archaeological deposits, Lazio , near the present-day town of which unfortunately have been severely Capodimonte on Lake Bolsena, a altered by agricultural work for many Mount Bisenzio on the shores of lake Bolsena.

It is little known to the public , a team of students from the aside from a small circle of specialists. Each day they examined a sur- located. This name is itself derived face section of the habitat zones in order from that of the Roman era municipium, to geo-reference and describe the pres- i. This inner Etruria, and more like those of the non-invasive method will permit us to Tyrrhenian coast, such as Cerveteri, develop a broad and relatively accurate Tarquinia and Vulci, the site of Bisenzio Acropolis in red, necropoli, black.

Geometric olla from Bisenzio. Andrea research, the Institute for the Protection These findings are the results of als buried. The latter, at a scale of 1: It is inadequate excavations carried out on top of the Despite the regular supervision of famous necropolis Olmo Bello 9th- for the study of archaeological areas and mountain and on the terraces immedi- the Superintendency, knowledge of the early 5th centuries BC.

The tion of the different areas of the habitat. Etruria, under the direction of Maria few interesting reports published intent is to complete a systematic publi- Eventually all of the data currently Antonietta Fugazzola Delpino. The cul- between and the mid s. The Museum in Viterbo and the Villa Giulia Forschungsgemeinschaft , the coopera- paigns of in situ research in July , ultimate goal is to offer a thorough study in Rome, as well as in museums abroad. The cemeteries, harmoniously and dynami- rounding what appears to have been the up of prestigious research institutions, a objectives of these two teams are the cally connected with the surrounding area of the settlement.

Students from the University of Mainz commence a field survey. Roland Filzwieser on quad-bike with Ground Penetrating Radar. The tomb dates from the that flourished north of the Arno River, figure cup by Douris. The second sec- over 15 years, in 45 crates labeled with 8th century BC. These funer- The operation was carried out by the art scarab of Egyptian production on a gold Montalbano.

Cippi, stelae, and bronze ary monuments, which identify noble crime department of Italy's Carabinieri mount, found along with an amber neck- statuettes recount a fascinating history families, are decorated in relief and are police in collaboration with the Swiss lace, fabric and other finds.

The work of the distant cultural roots of this area characteristic of the Etruscan centers of authorities. The cache includes two rare continues on a micro excavation of the of Tuscany, including Prato and the epi- Artimino, Fiesole and Gonfienti. This Etruscan sarcophagi, one depicting an sarcophagus in the lab at Montalto. It is center of Gonfienti, to which the first exhibit reveals for the first time new and elderly man and the other, a young believed this may be the tomb of a section of the exhibition is dedicated.

More details at www. The objects are displayed Face to Face in glass cases, visible from all sides. We also learn Oudheden reopens after seven of their restoration history since , months of renovation the year the museum was founded. Romans have been given a new look. Columbaria for the dead The rooms on the first and second The Etruscan gallery leads into the floors, which were previously the tem- Roman hall, where a map shows the far- porary exhibition halls, are now the new reaching influence of Roman culture.

A galleries with material from the ancient peculiarly Roman type of cemetery is Greek, Etruscan and Roman cultures. Particularly rhythmos in ancient Greek: Greek vases by subject matter top , classic Greek sculpture below. This Italian artifacts from the 16th century, first room is arranged geographically, but they turned out to be ancient and a large, animated projection is dis- Roman. But only between and has roadwork alle Terme di uncovered the three tombs on display Diocleziano a Roma today, along with other burials still La nuova sala della sezione under study and restoration.

At right, significant, because it manages to frame the ancient city of Collatia, located in a sumptuous the birth and growth of Rome in the the Borgo of La Rustica, near Rome, has female burial. Below, Superintendent Francis Prosperetti. Right, traces of Collatia had gone missing, and Museum, in the Baths of Diocletian, the excavation of the chariot. The only actual evidence we 7th century BC, belong to three princely Quite extraordinary was a scepter in have left is from these burials, which tomb groups, one male and two female.

A sword It presents some of the most important Prosperetti reiterated the exception- these extraordinary new treasures from and a chariot were buried with a prince finds of recent decades that have al nature of the discovery, in that they before the Roman conquest. Alba Longa, the city founded by Latin system earlier than the hegemony of said the superintendent of the archaeo- The opening of this new section fea- King Silvius, descendant of Aeneas, and Rome. It offers very often at odds with each other.

The discovery of the remained intact. The graves accessed through a narrow tunnel. The such as Tarquinia or Volterra. These The National Archaeological objects recovered, vessels and weapons, items show how the ancient Etruscan Museum of Pontecagnano houses not are of excellent workmanship and well town of Pontecagnano was a major cen- one but several unique and priceless preserved.

The exhibits are then laid ter of trade and a crossroads of traffic artifacts that cannot be found in any out by centuries from the 9th BC to from various parts of the Mediterranean. Over the cen- An interesting object is a huge At the heart of the museum is a sig- turies, the funerals became more sump- bronze equine mask, found in a tomb. It nificant amount of material of Etruscan tuous, reflective of the organization of was part of the funeral goods of a war- origin.

The Picentine territory was con- the society. The production of ceramics rior, accompanied to the afterlife with quered by the Etruscans around the 9th Amber pectoral, sil- becomes increasingly sophisticated with the headpiece of his horse! The most impor- Another important section of the Here and in Capua were the only two Below, a sumptuous tant men now choose cremation. Embossed bronze equine mask. But the the Etruscan town. But there is no other Etruscans of Pontecagnano were a peo- evidence to substantiate this thesis.

And they bordered Pontecagnano is a priceless treasure. For informa- Roman Paestum. For this reason the tion: From the Etruscan rally led us to stress this epigraphic doc- inscriptions themselves, but also from umentation, which continues to grow Greek and Latin texts, we know that the and to offer a large number of discover- Etruscan religion rested on a written tra- ies, both ancient and new. These beyond the superficial images of a mys- different aspects are illustrated in the terious culture and understanding the exhibit by justly famous documents — fruitful work carried on by epigraphists beginning with the liber linteus of for decades.

It has seemed interesting to Zagreb and the Cortona tablet — but also us to recall the long history of the deci- by numerous less well-known, even pherment of the alphabet and Etruscan unpublished, documents from major texts from the Renaissance on, since the Italian and French collections as well as Museum of the Etruscan Academy and recent excavations.

I was in this history in modern times. The into account an essential aspect of the given by Mamurke Tursikina. The majority has finally made it possible to consider of Etruscan inscriptions found outside Etruscan writing for what we perceive it of Italy come from these three regions, to be today: Possibly a tool for divination. BC, Villa Giulia, Rome. Language and Culture Museo Archeologico, Firenze. Geometric oinochoe Agostiniani, Riccardo Massarelli.

Paolo Bruschetti, Paolo also be educational visits for the blind Giulierini, Patrizia Rocchini, Sergio and visually impaired and a literary Angori. Eleonora Sandrelli, Stefano tives. Rather unremarkable looking at first Since then more than 75 characters have glance, this small foundation — in con- been found on the monument, making it junction with artifacts and foundations an exceptionally long example of excavated this year — has given us the Etruscan writing. This artifact has the olis.

Rex Wallace inspects inscription Bronze female figurine from that were found in the same context as Full photogrammetry and laser scan- on the stele at lab in Florence. One of the fig- Massachusetts Amherst, on the inscrip- ures is quite early in date and of unusual tion; by colleagues in Florence on the style late 7th c. Two further technical aspects of conservation and bronze figures, one female, one male, digital documentation; and by MVAP were found in A nected spatially to the underground fis- full press release is planned once con- sure that was treated ritually after the servation and study of this remarkable destruction of the temple.

The next few years will be taken up The past few seasons have been par- the supervision of Phil Perkins Open of what we currently interpret as a foun- with study seasons that will lead to a full ticularly productive.

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May 9, - February 15, jewelry and the remembrance of the The sections are well explained and The Museum of Santa Giulia, and deceased — the transformation of the introduced with an accompanying tablet Brixia the Archaeological Park of countryside and the road systems. It guide, in which specialists explain the Roman Brescia ends with the poetry and the presumed principal pieces in depth.

Brescia portrait of Catullus. It is archaeological site north of Rome. What attracted them The exhibition is divided into 12 a unique opportunity to see material There you will find the Capitolium ded- to the lands of the Po: For the first time an between Rome and peoples of the Rising above all is the beautiful ter- ber of the Republican sanctuary still archaeological exhibition takes on these North: It begins Talamone above , which represents the ly opened to the public.

But it is the churches and cloisters an impressive lowing its conquest of the northern northern plains, places of worship, the chipped terracotta face of a young toga- museum of Roman and medieval cul- Italian peninsula, and it is an excellent art — the private taste in mosaics and tus that is particularly striking.

He tran- ture, chock full of masterpieces. The museum took this oppor- dans le Liber Linteus: The meeting collection of Count Galeotto Corazzi paigns. Due to the new focus wwww. Bordeaux, and the interconnections between these Landscapes of Early Roman Cololonization Project The history of archaeology is her spe- Leiden University, cialty, on which she has written impor- Call for Participants Faculty of Archaeology tant works.

The Etruscans willingly took the influences from the Greeks and from Exhibition all over the Mediterranean into their own culture. Villanova bis Rom At the same time Etruscan culture great- The Etruscans — ly influenced Rome, and left traces that can be seen to this day. From Villanova to Rome Many of the objects in the July 16, - July 17, Antikensammlung have not been dis- Antikensammlung, Munich played since World War II, and some are shown to the public for the first time. The Etruscans come back to life, as Supported by a media guide, visitors can outstanding examples of Etruscan art immerse themselves in the world of the are presented in a major exhibition of Etruscans and experience the dynamics the National Antiquities Collections at of a past, but not forgotten culture.

The exhibit is accompanied by a cat- The exhibition shows the develop- alog: From Villanova to Rome a short flowering followed by a steady pages, color ills. They are the Etruscans had developed, blossomed Vulci - BC , or, even older, the displayed now in a year-long exhibition and died again. This is not the case. We can thank with piercing eyes.

A red gemstone strange animal form on an elevated wide Etruscan art. The Romans appreciated the American philanthropist James Loeb hangs from his hooked nose. Lion, goat and serpent in one, this the Etruscans as guardians of religious for the stupendous bronze cauldrons on rings tattooed on each ear and thick eye- is the world-famous Chimera of Arezzo. Be afraid of this head. Thus the It is only a bronze replica, which the omens, and ardent worshippers of divine after In Roman history they appear as B.

C, they were acquired by Loeb death. While the original chimera in tyrannical kings, whose ouster made years ago south of Perugia. It comes, the Munich copy comes in a high-gloss One can spend a long time in the mixture of water and wine. When it as do other such objects — bronze stat- polish. She is scheduled to stay here 12 well-labeled and well-stocked exhibi- came to political discussion, a sort of uettes, urns, terracotta votive offerings, months and lure people from wind and tion with catalog.

The viewer is wine spritzer was consumed. So clever grave stones, ornate pot-bellied vases, weather into the exhibition. These important matters in a drunken state. The diversity of the objects pres- time of the Etruscans to that of modern ents both the transition from the 8th to collectors. It is a journey to the heart of the 2nd c. BC and the reception in the this civilization at the crossroads of 19th c. AD of the fascinating material ancient Roman and Greek worlds. Its Gavorrano GR , the archaeological use as container for wine is confirmed area of Rocca di Frassinello on the by the Dionysian procession decorating Reproduction of kantharos and cups, with originals in the cases.

Etruscan necropolis of San Germano it, a worthy tribute to this precious opened to the public, while in a section Chiton was created from stamnos dancers to produce the 3D figures. The idea of Italo Rota was to of the wine cellars designed by Renzo built between the second half of the 7th the preservation of perfumed oils for the extract the dancing figures from the ves- Piano, there was an exhibition featuring and the first half of the 6th century BC. There are also some dimensionality of their original medi- necropolis.

The exhibit was inspired by been recovered and restored, and are the rare personal ornaments, such as um. The recreation the garments and a narrative centered on the use of wine focus of a site open to the public. The exhibi- Cappuccini, presents many objects from A large tumulus at the necropolis of the movements of the figures within the tion allowed visitors the experience of the tombs of the archaeological area of San Germano that has a more complex confines of the circular path represented tasting wine in the same way as the Rocca di Frassinello.



The tombs, structure than the others finds parallels by stamnos. Exhibit designed by Italo Rota. Etruscan tomb at San Germano. Red figure stamnos with dancers. Plundered in ancient times, unfolds a story about wine, which rediscovery of the Etruscan necropolis deceased to the afterlife. They mainly the tomb has nonetheless yielded many already in Etruscan times constituted a of San Germano, one of the most impor- consist of fine painted ceramic vases finds that testify to its prolonged use status symbol. Wine consumption tant archaeological sites in the territory Etrusco-Corinthian and bucchero, from the late 7th to the 3rd century BC.

Vetulonia, and was conceived with the Before the arrival of the Greek fashion, Serving wine with spices in the style of an Etruscan symposium. He has vessels typical of local tradition. The Etruscan necropolis of San The monumental kantharos found there Germano, with its burial tumuli, extends was probably used to contain the wine, to both sides of the valley of Sovata, and which was then drawn and drunk from served as an important connecting route the bowls found around this large ves- in the territory of the ancient Etruscan sel.

Among these were several lance-shaped Necropolis of Casenovole, leaves of thin sheet gold, perhaps part of Civitella Paganico GR a diadem. The robbers removed The Etruscan necropolis of what was most likely placed on the left Casenovole is located less than m.