| Two important stories in the Italian News today (18.08.2009). 1). Ostia antica, il grande porto dell´Impero MARTEDÌ, 18 AGOSTO 2009 LA REPUBBLICA - Roma
Fonti / source: Patrimonio Sos (18.08.2009). = http://www.patrimoniosos.it/rsol.php?op=getarticle&id=60108 2). Le Navi di Istanbul - Nel mar di Marmara 34 imbarcazioni della Roma Imperiali - La scoperta gli archeologi - Istanbul: navi di Roma antica tornano in luce. di Carmen Plotino, CORRIERE DELLA SERA cronaca Roma (18.08.2009, pp. 1 & 7. "...Questa scoperta - dice Prof.ssa Alessandra Ricci - e` sicuramente la piu` importante degli ultimi anni, anche piu` del porto di Traiano ad Ostia e del ritrovamento delle navi lago di Nemi." La Ricci, che insegna archeologica bizantina alla KOC University di Istanbul...[1],ecc. [1]. Asst. Prof. Alessandra Ricci, PhD 2008, Princeton University, Art and Archaeology. Specialization: Late antique and Byzantine archaeology and architectural history; pre-Ottoman Constantinople; late antique and Byzantine society and conflicts. Alessandra Ricci is an assistant professor in the Dept. of Archaeology and History of Art. Before joining the Department of Archaeology and History of Art, she was the Associate Director of the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, RCAC. She is involved in archaeological fieldwork in Turkey working mostly in the region of Thrace, the city of Istanbul and its suburbs. She also works with UNESCO on a rehabilitation project at the Byzantine site of Mesopotam in Southern Albania. In Istanbul, at the site of Küçükyali, she has developed an Archaeological Park Project while conducting an excavation, conservation and public awareness project. The Küçükyali Archaeological Park is one of the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture projects. Her publications include Tra Passato e Presente. Progetti di Archeologia (Istanbul 2005) and she is currently completing a study on monastic architecture and visual polemics in ninth century Constantinople. http://www.ku.edu.tr/ku/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2048&Itemid=2939 Thank you Martin G. Conde Washington DC, USA mgconde@... |