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- Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · Analysis
Paleo-Christian complex with polychrome mosaics resurfaces in Oderzo
Investigations by the Soprintendenza of Padua, Treviso and Belluno have brought to light, in the area of the former fish market in the Veneto town, a vast complex with mosaics, monumental masonry and burials.
- Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
After a year's halt, the excavation campaign at the protohistoric site of Villamarzana, in the Polesine area, directed by Professor Michele Cupitò of the University of Padua, resumed from September 7 to October 2. Two "Open Excavations" days are planned for September 17 and 24, as part of the "Prima Europa" project funded by Fondazione Cariparo (Archeologia voci dal passato). Single-source report, no independent confirmation available.
- Tuesday, 15 September 2026 · Analysis
Pope Leo XIV in Assisi for Franciscan centenary
Undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano welcomed the Pontiff for the meeting with young people from the Franciscan Youth Meeting, part of the celebrations marking eight centuries since the death of Saint Francis.
- Monday, 14 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Saudi Heritage Commission announced on September 13, through a statement and a post on its official account, the discovery of a mosque dating to the 1st century of the Hijra at the al-Ma'mala archaeological site, in the al-Baha region, during the fourth excavation season. The walls measure 16 meters in the north-south direction and 10 in the east-west direction and bear Islamic inscriptions, one of which contains a blessing formula for the Prophet Muhammad. The layout is described as original with respect to the design of the mihrab, the entrances and the minaret. The report currently comes from a single source (the Saudi Heritage Commission); no independent confirmation is available. (CNN Arabic)
- Monday, 14 September 2026 · Analysis
Snettisham's gold torcs reread as a collective ritual, and Herculaneum papyri become legible again
A review signed by the British Museum and the University of Cambridge proposes that the Norfolk torcs were deposited in a ritual marking a change in the way power was displayed. In Oxford, meanwhile, virtual unwrapping is yielding two new Herculaneum texts.
- Monday, 14 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The State Archaeological Collection in Munich opens a major exhibition dedicated to Stonehenge on September 18, 2026, running until August 29, 2027. In Athens, the National Archaeological Museum hosts "Pylos of Nestor: a Mycenaean kingdom revealed" until October 31, 2026, having opened on May 25. In Newcastle, the Great North Museum: Hancock closes "Treasure: Hidden, Lost, Found" on September 20, with free admission. (American Journal of Archaeology, North East Museums)
- Sunday, 13 September 2026 · Analysis
At Hadrian's Villa a slab marks the spot struck by a night lightning bolt
In the Amphitheater area, in Tivoli, a marble slab bearing the inscription FVLGVR SVBMANIVM has emerged in its original position: it indicated where a lightning bolt attributed to the god Summanus had been buried according to the rite of the fulgur conditum.
- Saturday, 12 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The 2025 candidates were reported by international outlets partnering with the Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico, including Antike Welt and Archäologie in Deutschland, arCHaeo, Archéologia, Current Archaeology. The award will be presented on Friday, October 30, 2026 during the 28th BMTA, in Paestum from October 29 to November 1; a special recognition will go to the discovery most voted by the public between September 11 and October 15. The news comes from a single source, the Borsa's press release as reported by Cronache Turistiche; no independent confirmation available.
- Saturday, 12 September 2026 · Analysis
The Bayeux Tapestry on display in London for the first time in a thousand years
From 10 September 2026 to 11 July 2027 the roughly seventy-metre embroidery recounting the Norman conquest is at the British Museum. Tickets through the end of the year are sold out.
- Saturday, 12 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
A review of the Snettisham deposits, in Norfolk, argues that the gold torcs of the late Iron Age — dated to roughly between 350 and 60 BC — were buried as part of a ritual widespread across society, a sign of a shift in how chiefs communicated their authority. The study is authored by Julia Farley of the British Museum and Jody Joy of the University of Cambridge. The news currently comes from a single source (Archaeology Magazine); no independent confirmation available.
- Saturday, 12 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
In one of two rooms with graffiti at the Maya pyramid of Xunantunich, in Belize, archaeologists have documented a series of drawings made by different hands, some more confident than others; among the subjects are sketches of monkeys. The interesting point is not the single drawing but the plurality of authors in the same hidden space. The news currently comes from a single source (Archaeology Magazine); no independent confirmation available.
- Friday, 11 September 2026 · Analysis
Booker Prize, thirteen novels chosen from 163: the shortlist on September 22 in London
The jury chaired by Mary Beard has published the prize's initial selection: it includes two winners from past editions and one former finalist, but also ten authors never previously selected, three of them first-time novelists.
- Friday, 11 September 2026 · Analysis
Archaeology, the sunken port of Cesine resumes and Vulci opens a dig on a possible sacred area
In the Apulian state reserve, research resumed on September 7, with a laboratory for finds set up in the Castle of Acaya. At Vulci the program includes seven digs and eleven universities, while underwater archaeology is postponed.
- Friday, 11 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The final shortlist for the 2026 Booker Prize, chosen by a jury chaired by Mary Beard from a longlist of 13 titles out of 163 submissions, will be announced on Tuesday 22 September at the Southbank Centre in London. The winner will be named on 9 November at Old Billingsgate; the prize is worth £50,000 (The Booker Prizes, Literary Hub).
- Thursday, 10 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Portuguese national theatre reopens on September 18, 2026, after three years of closure for works financed with NextGenerationEU programme funds. At the reopening, Macbeth returns to the stage, not performed since the fire that destroyed the building in 1964. The news currently comes from a single source (an ANSA report from Lisbon ANSA); no independent confirmation available.
- Thursday, 10 September 2026 · Analysis
A 2,800-year-old mass grave in Serbia and the Neanderthals of Abruzzo: two prehistoric worksites
At Gomolava, in northern Serbia, a 2026 study documents 77 individuals in an Iron Age mass grave, mostly women and children. In Abruzzo, from September 8 to 26, the University of Ferrara returns to excavate at the Grottoni di Calascio, where a Neanderthal remain dating back about 80,000 years emerged in the 1970s.
- Thursday, 10 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
At the western necropolis of Heraclea Sintica, in Bulgaria, the discovery of a 4th-century Roman tomb has been announced, containing the remains of a woman of mixed European and African ancestry. The announcement comes at the same time as the disclosure of the Iron Age mass grave at Gomolava, in Serbia (Wikipedia, Archaeology Magazine).
- Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Analysis
Assyrian letters read without breaking the envelopes: scanning enters the Kanesh archives
New story compared to this morning, when the Culture desk covered prizes and theatre seasons: a scanning technology allows, for the first time, cuneiform tablets still sealed to be read. Among the texts, a letter from 3,800 years ago written by a woman.
- Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Analysis
The Booker heads toward the shortlist of September 22, Romaeuropa opens with a hundred shows
The British prize will announce the shortlist at the Southbank Centre and the winner on November 9. In Rome the 41st edition of the festival has begun, running until November 15.
- Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Starting September 12, "Giro Giro Napoli 2026" resumes, promoted and funded by the City and curated by Le Nuvole Società Cooperativa ICC: four free events every Saturday until December 19 in museums and places of historical and scientific interest, with evening tours at Capodimonte on September 26 at 20:00 and 21:00. Single source (Napoli Magazine), no independent confirmation.
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