Ancient Venetic sanctuary discovered beneath roadworks near Padua
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2,500-Year-Old Pre-Roman Sanctuary Buried by Ancient Flood Discovered in Italy
Remnants of Padua’s Roman amphitheatre wall. Credit: MM / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Archaeologists in northern Italy have uncovered a rare pre-Roman sanctuary buried by an ancient flood, offering new insight into religious life in the Veneto region before and during Roman rule. The site was found during road construction near Ponso, in the province of Padua. Workers first noticed ancient remains during safety checks for old wartime explos…
Ancient Venetic sanctuary discovered beneath roadworks near Padua
An ancient sanctuary containing inscriptions in the Venetic language was discovered in Ponso, in the Italian Province of Padua, during infrastructure works for the construction of the first section of the SR10 “Padana Inferiore” regional road between Borgo Veneto and Carceri. The ABAP Superintendency overseeing the discovery, covering the provinces of Padua, Treviso and Belluno, is shedding new light on religious activity in the region from pre-…
Ancient Venetic sanctuary with rare inscriptions unearthed beneath road project in Italy | Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists in northern Italy have uncovered an ancient sanctuary with inscriptions in the Venetic language during road construction work in the municipality of Ponso, in the Province of Padua. The site emerged during the construction of the first section of the SR10 “Padana Inferiore” regional road between Borgo Veneto and Carceri. The excavation is being […]
During the construction works of the first functional lot of the New Regional Highway 10 “Inferior Padana”, which will connect Borgo Veneto with Carceri, the company Veneto Strade S.p.A. has stumbled upon an archaeological context of outstanding interest in the municipality of Ponso, in the Italian province of Padua. The first signs of the presence of [...]
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