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- Sunday, 4 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
During the 18th excavation campaign at the ancient Roman city of Aquinum, a decorated boundary marker and a marble votive altar were presented, with a new fragment reconstructing an inscription previously known only in part. Lecce Oggi
- Sunday, 4 October 2026 · Analysis
Two monoliths in Barbagia reopen the mystery of Sardinia before the nuraghi
Discovered by chance in Ovodda, the two blocks with circles and spirals are now in the Sassari laboratories; in Paestum, on October 30, an international award will choose among five archaeological discoveries.
- Sunday, 4 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
An intact travertine tomb has been found at Villa Adriana, linked to the fulgur conditum ritual, which contained a figured crater of Corinthian production used as a funerary container. Artribune
- Saturday, 3 October 2026 · Analysis
Kurkov in Pisa, Ukrainian literature at the book festival
The twenty-fourth edition of the Pisa Book Festival brings to Tuscany the Ukrainian writer honoured by the Orwell Foundation, alongside the awards for literary translation.
- Saturday, 3 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
In the festival's program, running from October 2 to 4, Andrei Kurkov, winner of the Orwell Foundation's 2026 Special Prize, held a conversation with Massimo Tria and Francesca Lazzarin; the Pisa Book Translation Awards 2026 were also presented. Source: Pisa Book Festival.
- Saturday, 3 October 2026 · Analysis
Nobel Prize in Literature, announcement on October 8: no official list of candidates
The Swedish Academy will announce the name of the 2026 winner in Stockholm. Among the unofficial predictions, the names of Can Xue, Murakami and Cărtărescu are circulating, but nominations remain confidential by statute.
- Saturday, 3 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Among the five archaeological discoveries nominated for the International Archaeological Discovery Award "Palmyra" is a large Roman mausoleum from the 3rd-4th century AD found in Albania, the first discovery of its kind in the country. The verdict will be delivered on October 30 in Paestum, at the 28th edition of the Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism. Source: Cronache Turistiche.
- Friday, 2 October 2026 · Analysis
Three archaeological discoveries in Italy: a Kore at Vulci, an Etruscan tomb at Pontecagnano, new remains at Montesano
Three independent excavation sites have yielded significant finds in recent days between Lazio and Campania: a Greek marble head, a rare Etruscan cube tomb, and new burials resurfacing in the historic centre of a town in the Salerno area.
- Friday, 2 October 2026 · Analysis
Two mausoleums, two continents: funerary archaeology between Albania and Peru
A Roman hypogeum in the Bulqize Valley and a Chimu tomb at the Chan Chan site expand the map of 2025 funerary discoveries, amid award nominations and institutional excavations.
- Friday, 2 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
From 2 to 8 October, Roma Capitale is offering a programme of exhibitions, conferences, guided tours and archaeological routes along the Via Appia Antica. On Saturday 3 October, the Appia Day initiative includes a special opening of the Tomb of the Scipios, in the urban stretch of the road. On the same day, visitors will be able to access a normally closed private area to view the Aurelian and Honorian Walls, between Porta San Sebastiano and Via Cristoforo Colombo. UrloWeb.
- Thursday, 1 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The excavations of insula 10 in Pompeii, featuring a large banquet hall decorated with a monumental frieze, are among the five finalist archaeological discoveries; the winner will be announced on October 30 in Paestum. Source: Classicult.
- Thursday, 1 October 2026 · Analysis
Sotheby's to auction Blaquier-Arrieta collection, estimated at up to $450 million
The London-based auction house has previewed twelve Impressionist and post-Impressionist works, including Paul Cézanne's 'Arlequin', with a combined estimate of nearly $450 million.
- Thursday, 1 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The international prize for the year's archaeological discovery will be awarded on October 30 in Paestum; finalists include a Roman hypogeum-mausoleum in Albania and the submerged port of Taposiris Magna in Egypt. Source: Artribune.
- Thursday, 1 October 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
After a year-long halt, excavation campaigns at Villamarzana, Frattesina and San Basilio have resumed and will run until October 2, led by the universities of Padua, Sapienza Rome and Ca' Foscari Venice. Source: Archeologia Voci dal Passato.
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · Analysis
A volume gathers the results of the excavations in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
The first of a series of books dedicated to the archaeological investigations carried out at the site that Christian tradition identifies as the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem was presented at Sapienza.
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Sapienza University hosted the presentation of 'Excavations at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem', the first of a series of volumes featuring contributions from more than forty scholars on the archaeological investigations conducted in the basilica, which concluded in October 2025. The news currently comes from a single source (Vatican News); no independent confirmation is available. (Vatican News)
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · Analysis
UNESCO inscribes 25 new sites on the World Heritage List, from Normandy to China
The World Heritage Committee has expanded the list with 19 cultural sites, five natural sites and one mixed site: new entries include the Allied landing beaches, Mount Olympus and the Jingdezhen porcelain industrial complex.
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The September/October 2026 issue of Archaeology Magazine dedicates an extensive feature to the famous Greek wreck, based on new research from the ESAG group at the University of Geneva. (Archaeology Magazine)
- Thursday, 17 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The British Museum presents a study on a large hoard of gold and silver necklaces found buried on an English hillside, interpreted by scholars as a sign of profound social change. (Archaeology Magazine)
- Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
In Sant'Elpidio a Mare, in the Fermo area, the Superintendency has confirmed the resurfacing of a Piceni tomb from the 6th century BC near the local cemetery (single source, ANSA).
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