As early as the Upper Palaeolithic, some 14,000 years ago, it seems that man was able to make fire by striking stones together: at the sites of Laussel (France) and Trou-de-Charleux (Belgium), nodules of pyrite with clear traces of percussion have been found.
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Arsago Seprio Museum (VA)
The Arsago Seprio Museum gathers in its three rooms the archaeological finds from the excavations carried out by the Archaeological Superintendency over the last thirty years. They make it possible to follow the settlement of Arsago and its territory from prehistory up to the Visconti. Continue reading Arsago Seprio Museum (VA)
Brixia. Rome and the peoples of the Po (BS)
The exhibition Roma e le genti del Po. Un incontro di culture III-I sec. a.C. is an important opportunity to reflect on the cultural climate of a special historical moment, from the 3rd to the 1st century BC, during which Cisalpine Gaul underwent a profound change through encounters, clashes and integration between peoples of different origins and cultures. The Brescia exhibition sets out to tell the story of the encounter between Rome and the local populations, with the aim of describing a reality that was not just a clash, but had many facets. Continue reading Brixia. Rome and the peoples of the Po (BS)
Picenes and Celts on the banks of the Giano (AN)
From Saturday 12 November until 20 April next year, the monumental complex of the Spedale del Buon Gesù will host an important archaeological exhibition displaying finds never shown before, precious evidence of a very distant and almost entirely unknown past.
It will be set up on the ground floor of the 15th-century complex which six years ago hosted the extraordinary exhibition on Gentile da Fabriano and whose upper floor is now home to the “Bruno Molajoli” Civic Art Gallery. Continue reading Picenes and Celts on the banks of the Giano (AN)
Arona Museum (NO)
The Archaeological Museum of Arona was opened in 1997. It is located in the left wing of the 19th-century Covered Market in the central piazza San Graziano. Continue reading Arona Museum (NO)
Archaeological Museum of Arcevia (AN)
The State Archaeological Museum, founded in 1996 through the joint efforts of the Archaeological Superintendency for the Marche and the Municipal Administration, is housed in a number of restored and modernised rooms of the monumental complex of S. Francesco, in the historic centre of Arcevia. Continue reading Archaeological Museum of Arcevia (AN)