The excavations of the Sanctuary of Athena or Athenaion, the agora in addition to the archaic menage of Paestum, which began 3 weeks ago, are nearing completion, piece novel campaigns are planned for 2019.
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| Excavations inwards the Sanctuary of Athena, Paestum [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
Of detail importance are the novel finds from the sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Athena, where the squad led past times Fausto Longo of the University of Salerno, most xc years after the interventions of Amedeo Maiuri, has opened 2 excavations due south of the temple.
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| Excavations inwards the Sanctuary of Athena, Paestum [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
There were potent fears of finding all the layers altered or inwards whatever representative already excavated, only the studies conducted inwards recent years on the archives in addition to the recent geophysical surveys conducted past times Marilena Cozzolino in addition to Vincenzo Amato suggested otherwise.
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| Arm of terra cotta Athena figurine [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
In fact, the earthworks has allowed to retrace 1 of the oldest earthworks trenches made past times Maiuri in addition to to investigate areas never explored before.
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| Archaic antefix [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
Among the discoveries of detail importance are the objects from the archaic period, including fragments of a embossed bronze shield ring, numerous ceramics in addition to terra cotta statues from the 6th century BC, including the arm of a terra cotta Athena figurine; numerous fragments of tiles in addition to a first-class antefix painted inwards the shape of horns (580-560 BC).
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| Excavations inwards the Agora, Paestum [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
The antefix is to endure added to the other antefixes brought to calorie-free past times Maiuri inwards the 1930s in addition to already attributed to a temple of Athena older than the 1 nosotros come across today (500 BC).
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| Excavation of the dolium or storage scandalise [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
Future excavations volition straight off bring to re-establish the contexts of the sanctuary of Athena, until straight off practically unknown, which volition allow a novel narration of the sanctuary, specially the oldest 1 that tin move endure traced dorsum to the foremost generations of Poseidonites. The earthworks has shown that this challenge is straight off possible.
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| Excavation of the Archaic house, Paestum [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
In the surface area of the agora the earthworks directed past times Emanuele Greco of the Paestum Foundation, has investigated business office of a porticoed edifice of the belatedly Republican Age. The earthworks focused on a room opened upward to the portico, revealing a partitioning wall that divided the room into 2 compartments; inwards the inner one, a large buried storage scandalise (dolium) was found. Also inwards this area, from the offset of the excavations, it is hoped to position levels dating dorsum to the archaic in addition to classical agora of the metropolis afterwards covered past times the Roman porticus.
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| Excavation of the Archaic house, Paestum [Credit: Parco Archeologico di Paestum] |
Finally, the Eastern University of Naples continued the investigation of the archaic house, 1 of the few known from the cities of Magna Graecia. The earthworks has brought to calorie-free levels of trouble that tin move endure dated betwixt the terminate of the 6th in addition to the offset of the 5th century BC in addition to the large banquet hall over xxx foursquare metres inwards area, equipped amongst an internal rock channel for the disposal of H2O from the house. Laura Ficuciello, who directs the excavation, hopes to break the whole edifice and, if possible, to too notice the residences of the founders of Poseidonia.
Source: Parco Archeologico di Paestum [October 08, 2018] Sumber http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com
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