Thursday, November 8, 2012 hours 16:00
The restart of the excavations in the necropolis of Manicalunga Timpone Nero - Selinunte

Thursday November 8 2012, from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. - Talking Corner


Manicalunga Timpone Nero is the name of a vast necropolis of the ancient town of Selinunte with tens of thousands of graves, of which only 5,000 were found in the 60s, during the recent excavations conducted by the Foundation Mormino, Banco di Sicilia.
Since then, forty years have passed since you have followed vandalism and violence in the area. On October 29, 2012, thanks to the Kepha Foundation non-profit organization, owner of the land where is located the CAM (Campus Archaeological Museum), was inaugurated the new site of archaeological excavations in the necropolis of Selinuntine. This initiative made with the authorisation of the SBCA of Trapani and in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Selinunte and Cave di Cusa, will have a duration of two years.
The Kepha, through the CAM (Campus Archaeological Museum) is finalized to highlight the funerary structures, but also to discover new archaeological finds, to be displayed in the museum of the structure after being restored in the modern laboratory of the CAM.

Attending: Andrea Pandolfi, Responsible of the diagnostic and restoration department of the Fondazione Kepha onlus

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