Lorenzo Nigro
Lorenzo Nigro is Full Professor of Archeology & Art History of the Ancient Near East and Phoenician-Punic Archeology at «La Sapienza» University of Rome (orcid.org/0000-0003-3262-315X). He is the promoter of international archaeological research projects in various Mediterranean countries and regions (Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Cyprus, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta) in fruitful collaboration with numerous research institutions. He has been the PI of several national (4 PRIN) and international research projects. He is an archaeologist with more than thirty years experience on the field in Western Asia and the Mediterranean. For «La Sapienza» University of Rome he is the Director of the Archaeological Expedition to Palestine & Jordan, which conducts excavations at the sites of Tell es-Sultan/ancient Jericho (inscribed, thanks also to his commitment, in the Unesco World Heritage List in September 2023; https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/sapienzatojericho), Tell Abu Zarad (2015-6) and Bethlehem (2015-2021) in Palestine, and at Khirbet al-Batrawy (2005-today; https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/sapienzatojordan) and Khirbet al-Jamous (2018-9) in Jordan. He has also led the Archaeological Expedition to Motya in Sicily (2002-2023) and is currently Co-director of the joint Institut National du Patrimoine-Sapienza Expedition to Carthage (Tunisia) (2021-today).
He is the Director of the Museum of the Near East, Egypt and the Mediterranean of «La Sapienza» University and the Scientific Editor of the international journal Vicino Oriente, Rome (ranked as Class A in Italy). He is the coordinator of the Near Eastern Curriculum of the Doctoral School in Archaeology of Sapienza University.
He has published more than 20 monographs and 300 articles on refereed journals, studying pre-classical cultures in Western Asia and the Mediterranean, specialisingon excavations reports, cultural transformations, innovations and changes, architecture, metallurgy, ceramics, and history of art, paying special attention to the archeology of contexts, cultural synchronization and conceptualization of West Asia and Mediterranean cultures.
He has received national and international awards, including: the prestigious “Honor Frost Foundation Award 2012”, for the discoveries in Motya; the “S.H. Kress Lecturship” by the Archaeological Institute of America (2015-2016); the “Solunto International Award”, a career prize for excellence in archeology of Sicily (2020); the “Antonino di Vita” Prize for the Dissemination of Archaeological Heritage (2021).
His activities and discoveries are characterized by strong interdisciplinarity, with contributions from biology, botany, chemistry and physics. He has always paide special attention in respecting different cultural identities and social engagement. He has also cooperated with the Italian Ministry of Culture and UNESCO in the fight against illicit trafficking of antiquities.
He is the Delegate of the Rectress of Sapienza for the dissemination, use and communication of the Archaeological Heritage. He is also a writer of archaeological novels and a watercolourist.
Phone: +39 0649913907
Address: P.le A. Moro, 5
I-00185 - Roma, Italia
He is the Director of the Museum of the Near East, Egypt and the Mediterranean of «La Sapienza» University and the Scientific Editor of the international journal Vicino Oriente, Rome (ranked as Class A in Italy). He is the coordinator of the Near Eastern Curriculum of the Doctoral School in Archaeology of Sapienza University.
He has published more than 20 monographs and 300 articles on refereed journals, studying pre-classical cultures in Western Asia and the Mediterranean, specialisingon excavations reports, cultural transformations, innovations and changes, architecture, metallurgy, ceramics, and history of art, paying special attention to the archeology of contexts, cultural synchronization and conceptualization of West Asia and Mediterranean cultures.
He has received national and international awards, including: the prestigious “Honor Frost Foundation Award 2012”, for the discoveries in Motya; the “S.H. Kress Lecturship” by the Archaeological Institute of America (2015-2016); the “Solunto International Award”, a career prize for excellence in archeology of Sicily (2020); the “Antonino di Vita” Prize for the Dissemination of Archaeological Heritage (2021).
His activities and discoveries are characterized by strong interdisciplinarity, with contributions from biology, botany, chemistry and physics. He has always paide special attention in respecting different cultural identities and social engagement. He has also cooperated with the Italian Ministry of Culture and UNESCO in the fight against illicit trafficking of antiquities.
He is the Delegate of the Rectress of Sapienza for the dissemination, use and communication of the Archaeological Heritage. He is also a writer of archaeological novels and a watercolourist.
Phone: +39 0649913907
Address: P.le A. Moro, 5
I-00185 - Roma, Italia
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Within the framework of the scientific cooperation agreement between the Institut National du Patrimoine and the University of Rome «La Sapienza», the third archaeological season of excavation was carried out from 18th May to 15th June 2023 by the Tunisian-Italian team of the Archaeological Mission to Carthage (MAC). The archaeological investigations focused on the area of the archaic Phoenician necropolis of Dermech (7th-6th century BC) in the Antonin’s thermal Baths complex and on the Punic necropolis on the Odéon hill (4th-2nd century BC) in the quarter of the so called «Roman villas», in the northern part of the ancient city.
Within the framework of the scientific cooperation agreement between the Institut National du Patrimoine and the University of Rome «La Sapienza», the third archaeological season of excavation was carried out from 18th May to 15th June 2023 by the Tunisian-Italian team of the Archaeological Mission to Carthage (MAC). The archaeological investigations focused on the area of the archaic Phoenician necropolis of Dermech (7th-6th century BC) in the Antonin’s thermal Baths complex and on the Punic necropolis on the Odéon hill (4th-2nd century BC) in the quarter of the so called «Roman villas», in the northern part of the ancient city.
A. VANNI DESIDERI, G. VANNINI, C. PAPPALARDO, G. DE PALMA, G. SOBRÀ, G. CESARO, G. DELMONACO, R. FRANCHI, R. GABRIELLI, A. ANGELINI
20-03-2015 h. 15.00
of the new Museum of the Near East, Egypt and Mediterranean
of Rome Sapienza University
Thursday 19th March 2015 at 5 p.m.
PALAZZO del Rettorato - Rome Sapienza University