Morgantina (Ancient Greek: Μοργάντιον and Μοργαντίνη) is an archaeological site in east central Sicily, southern Italy. It is sixty kilometres from the...
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The Morgantina treasure is a set of 16 pieces of Greek silverware with details in gold dating from the 3rd century BC, illegally excavated from Morgantina...
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collector. The Italian authorities determined that they were looted from Morgantina, and smuggled into Switzerland, where they were acquired by Symes. They...
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mosaics, the most important mosaic system in the Roman world of that time; Morgantina, an ancient town that constitutes the most important archeological area...
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5th-century BC statue of the goddess Aphrodite, which was looted from Morgantina, an ancient Greek settlement in Sicily. The Getty Museum resisted the...
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city. A truce was then arranged with the Aequi. The Sicilian town of Morgantina was destroyed by Ducetius, Hellenised leader of the Siculi (according...
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Editore. p. 104. ISBN 88-8101-159-X. "History and etymology of Aidone and Morgantina". Italy This Way. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved...
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Wayback Machine Capizzi, Padre (1989). Piazza Armerina: The Mosaics and Morgantina. International Specialized Book Service Inc. Mediavilla, C. (1996). Calligraphy...
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Morgantina. Nerva now marched against him with Sicily's militia but he was also defeated. The slaves then managed to take the city. After Morgantina,...
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vaulted in this way. Recent archaeological evidence discovered at the Morgantina site (in the province of Enna) shows that the aboveground barrel vault...
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region of Sicily in southern Italy. The extensive archaeological site of Morgantina is on a ridge close to the town. There are a variety of etymologies proposed...
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Psychology of Dreams. 1998. Retrieved 5 September 2017. Bell, Malcolm (1982). Morgantina Studies, Volume I: The Terracottas. Princeton University Press. pp. 88...
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subsequently established in other provinces of Italy, for example Campania, Morgantina and Aquileia. A great variety of blown glass objects, ranging from unguentaria...
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Centuripe in Sicily; most other finds are also in Sicily, especially at Morgantina. There were probably a number of workshops in eastern Sicily making such...
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the Ionian Sea, Sicels and Greeks exceptionally lived side by side in Morgantina to the extent that historians argue whether it was a Greek polis or a...
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Akrai [it], the Greek Theatre of Monte Jato [it], the Greek Theatre of Morgantina [it] and the most famous Greek Theater of Taormina, amply demonstrate...
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1984 and preserves the findings of over thirty years of excavations in Morgantina, ordered according to chronological and thematic criteria. In the three...
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Pythagoras dies in Croton, Italy 500 Heraclea Minoa is sacked by Carthage 500 Morgantina and Centuripe are hellenized and Licodia is founded by Leontini 499 Miletus...
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Sicily included the Ausones (Aeolian Islands, Milazzo) and the Morgetes of Morgantina. The Phoenician settlements in the western part of the island predate...
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Italy Miseno Mochlos Crete, Greece Monastiraki Crete, Greece abandoned Morgantina central Sicily abandoned Murgantia, Morgantium, Μοργάντιον, Μοργαντίνη...
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Tauromenium fell and was found hiding in a pit. He was taken to the city of Morgantina to await punishment, but he died of disease before he could be judged...
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1093/hgs/12.3.393. Lucore, Sandra K. (2009). "Archimedes, the North Baths at Morgantina, and Early Developments in Vaulted Construction". In Kosso, Cynthia; Scott...
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ISBN 978-0-756-64349-2. Lucore, Sandra K. (2009), "Archimedes, the North Baths at Morgantina, and Early Developments in Vaulted Construction", in Kosso, Cynthia; Scott...
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corresponded to the first half of the 2nd century BC and were minted in Morgantina (Sicily). These coins were carried out by the Hispanic mercenaries who...
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Jacques and Marcelle Morgantini (redirect from Jacques Morgantina)
Jacques Morgantini (21 February 1924 – 2 December 2019) and Marcelle Morgantini (née Chailleux, 7 April 1925 – 23 September 2007) were French record producers...
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rebels. He organized the slaves into cavalry and infantry units, besieged Morgantina, and along with the slave general Athenion had a string of early successes...
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several vase depictions on Amazons. An unusual intact terracotta mold from Morgantina, dating from the first half of the fourth century, shows Artemis wearing...
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Allen may refer to: Hubert Allen, manager of Yelloway Motor Services Morgantina#Hubert Allen and the University of Illinois Hubert Allison Allen (1872–1942)...
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Murgantia may refer to: a synonym for Morgantina, an archaeological site in east central Sicily, southern Italy Murgantia (bug), a shield bug genus in...
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Hellenistic-Greek Sicily during the 3rd century BC, developed at sites such as Morgantina and Syracuse. The earliest known pebble mosaics and use of chip pavement...
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