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Excavation

  • Grotte Scalina
  • Musarna
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    • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

      MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

      ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

      AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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      • The rock-cut tomb of Grotte Scalina is situated in a solitary position in the countryside midway between Viterbo and Tuscania. At the time it was created, towards the end of the 4th century B.C., this area corresponded with the central part of Tarquinia’s ... Read More
      • This year’s work concentrated on the external parts of the Hellenistic rock-cut tomb documenting the structure’s architecture. The tomb structure was entirely cut into the tufa. From the ancient road, monumental steps (not yet completely excavated) lead up... Read More
      • I lavori eseguiti nel corso del mese di luglio 2013 rappresentano il completamento dell’indagine eseguita dal 2012 sulla parte esterna della grande tomba rupestre ellenistica di grotte Scalina.

        Nella parte superiore del monumento, a ridosso di esso, du

        ... Read More
      • This season’s excavations, directed by Vincent Jolivet (CNRS, UMR8546, Paris) and Edwige Lovergne (University of Paris I, ED 112), concentrated on two sectors: the dromos of the monumental tomb and the cistern of a small oppidum situated about 100 m to... Read More
      • This season’s excavations (undertaken by CNRS, UMR8546, Paris and the University of Paris I, ED 112) investigated three sectors: the main underground chamber of the monumental tomb, the dromos of the second underground chamber, and the cistern of a small... Read More
      • I lavori eseguiti dal 3 luglio al 4 agosto 2015 hanno interessato tre settori: l’ipogeo secondario del complesso monumentale, il pendìo della collina antistante la tomba, ed il piccolo oppido situato un centinaio di metri ad est di esso.

        Scavato l’anno sc

        ... Read More
      • Excavations took place in three sectors: the monumental funerary complex, the field above the tomb and the small oppidum of Isolotto. The completion of the trench opened last year for the entire height of the hill, on the same axis as the tomb dromos, ... Read More
      • The work undertaken in 2018 and 2019 represents the end of a research cycle but is not the definitive end to the investigation of the rock-cut Hellenistic tomb of Grotte Scalina, dating to the last quarter of the 4th century B.C. In 2018, a geophysical sur... Read More

    FOLD&R

      • Vincent Jolivet. 2013. Civita Musarna tra passato, presente e futuro. FOLD&R Italy: 283.
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    • 900 BC
    • 300 BC
    • 1699 AD