Rich archaeological finds in Sicily

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A large set of monuments from I-V century AD has been discovered in the ancient city of Akrai, located in the south-eastern part of Sicily, by a team of scientists from the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw led by Dr. Roksana Chowaniec, working with the Office of Conservation in Syracuse (Soprintendenza dei Beni Culturali e Ambientali di Siracusa). "Particularly noteworthy are the monuments that testify to the numerous cultural and commercial relations of the city. Examples are numerous coins, minted at the mints throughout the Roman Empire, or a fragment of an oil lamp with a handle in the shape of acanthus leaves, the likes of which can be found in the region of Campania-Latium, where production developed in the 2nd and 3rd quarter of the first century AD, and the accumulation of finds can be observed in the regions of Vesuvian cities such as Pompeii"...

 

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