essays

Essays

  • Histria: recent archaeological discoveries on the Danube Delta.
    The ancient and recent history of a great archaeological site (C7th BC – C7th CE)
    ed. Irina Baldescu
    In this interview, we publish recent reports by a group of archaeologists (Irina Achim, Adela Bâltâc, Valentin Bottez, Viorica Rusu Bolindet, Alexandru Suceveanu) who are actively working on the archaeological site of Histria (Romania). They provide up-to date information on the progress of the excavations, and on the features and history of the site which was discovered in 1914. The distinctive characteristic of Histria, which is situated south of the Danube Delta, is that it preserves remains that cover the enormous period of time between the archaic Greek period (C7th BC) to the late Roman Era (C7th CE). The extraordinary history of the site enables research to be concentrated on interesting cases of stratification and cultural hybridisation, as has happened with the recent finds related to one of the Christian basilicas discovered in the area, and is a rare example of the superimposition of a place of Christian worship on a religious pagan site. Detailed information on the archaeological site can be found on http://www.cimec.ro/Arheologie/web-histria/index_eng.htm
  • The bronze head of Shipka – Thrace on show
    ed. Laura Bumbalova
    Some of the most spectacular archaeological finds made in Bulgaria in the last five years were put on display this year at an exhibition in the Palazzo del Quirinale (“Tesori della Bulgaria. Dal Neolitico al Medioevo”, Rome, Palazzo del Quirinale, 15 February-15 March 2006). Among the works on display, the bronze head of Shipka, discovered during the summer of 2004 by Gheorghi Kitov, (an interview with the archaeologist was published in La Rivista di Engramma 40, March - April 2005 ), held centre stage – the incomparable significance of the find and its undisputed appeal together with Italian involvement in its restoration and archaeometrical research made it an object of particular interest. In this article we publish recent interviews with Prof. Vincenzo Saladino from the University of Florence, Dr. Maria Reho from the Academy of Sciences of Bulgaria, and the restorer Edilberto Formigli from the Centro Europeo delle Ricerche sul Restauro in Siena, who reveal their processes of the analysis and restoration of the sculpture.
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News

  • Nymph in Philadelphia
    Lady in the Water, film directed by M.Night Shyamalan, USA 2006
    (antonella sbrilli)
  • Uno itinere non potest perveniri ad tam grande secretum
    La maschere della tolleranza, St. Ambrose, Epistles 17-18, Symmachus, Relation Three, Introduction by Ivano Dionigi, Translation by Alfonso Traina, with an essay by Massimo Cacciari, Latin text on facing page, BUR 2006
    (giacomo dalla pietà)