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Resumo: Diodoro Sículo foi um autor natural da cidade de Agírio, na Sicília, e viveu, aproximadamente, entre os anos 90 e 30 a.C. Escreveu uma obra cujo nome é Biblioteca Histórica. Apesar de se propor a escrever uma obra de cunho... more
During Nero’s reign, a monstrous fire ravaged Rome. As part of the reconstruction the city plan was reformed: wide streets and regular rows of houses replaced the old, narrow disorder. In the centre, Nero built himself a spacious palace... more
Entrevista com o Prof. Dr. Gilberto da Silva Francisco.
Reply to Pittman et al. 2023's critique of my article, “Multi-centric, Marsh-based Urbanism at the Early Mesopotamian City of Lagash (Tell al-Hiba, Iraq).” Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 68 (2022): 101458.
Each year, The Antiquity Trust sponsors the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) plenary session. The keynote speaker at Edinburgh TAG 2022 was David Wengrow, who spoke about ‘The Nebelivka Hypothesis (or, cities against the state)’, using... more
The aim of the paper is to highlight a particular urban ensemble within the city of Pompeii as an example of a well-defined ancient city quarter. The outline of the specific tangible and intangible qualities of the district is accompanied... more
This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/nature24646.
Research activities conducted within the Aragonese Castle of Taranto over the last fifteen years have yielded numerous data that have proved useful for the integration of the cognitive framework of the eastern sector of the acropolis of... more
Chetoui, M. et al., « Nouvelles données sur l’église de Koustilya: interprétation des résultats des fouilles de 2017-2020 », In Actes du septième colloque International : Église et christianisme au Maghreb: Antiquité et Moyen Age,... more
Esta monografia aborda a relação entre o corpo e a materialidade do Partenon, templo dedicado à deusa Atena na Grécia antiga, buscando uma compreensão sensível e afetiva do monumento grego. O objetivo é explorar as dimensões históricas,... more
Epidam/Dyrrah (Epidamnus/Dyrrachium), das heutige Durrës in Albanien, war eine der größten Städte und einer der bedeutendsten Häfen des östlichen Adriaraumes, während der illyrisch-hellenisch-römischen Antike, der Spätantike und während... more
Nel contributo vengono esaminati, come casi di studio, alcuni abitati urbani delle apoikiai d’Occidente al fine di rilevare l’eventuale presenza di peculiarità nella costruzione degli spazi insediativi nelle poleis con comune matrice... more
Medieval European urbanization presents a line of continuity between earlier cities and modern European urban systems. Yet, many of the spatial, political and economic features of medieval European cities were particular to the Middle... more
The Cahokia Mound Group in Illinois, USA, is acknowledged as the largest Native American city north of Mexico. It flourished during the Mississippian Period. Cahokia, however, was only one of three complexes in the immediate area. Located... more
On the eastern bank of the Suez Canal in northwestern Sinai, at the site of Tell Heboua I near the actual town of el-Qantara East, the excavations have revealed a religious complex of Saite period consisting of temenos, temple, ceremonial... more
The ancient Maya site of Sayi1 is located in the Puuc region of northern Yucatan approximately halfway between the sites of Kabah and Labna (Figure 1). It is a very large site both in terms of extensive public architecture and areal... more
The site of Tor, an ancient tower on the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, has been the subject of several scholarly studies. However, many of them are controversial, and our understan-ding of the site’s functions and chronology remains... more