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    Paolo Orsi (Rovereto, October 17, 1859 – November 8, 1935) was an Italian archaeologist and classicist. Orsi was born in Rovereto, then part of the Austro-Hungarian...
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    The Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi of Syracuse, Sicily is one of the principal archaeological museums of Europe. In 1780 the Bishop Alagona inaugurated...
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    later in that century. The first professional excavations were made by Paolo Orsi in 1929, followed by the work of Giuseppe Cultrera in 1935–39. Major excavations...
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  • Orsi, climate scientist Benedetto Orsi (died 1680), Italian painter Carlo Orsi (fl. 1884–1894), Italian painter and sculptor Checco and Ludovico Orsi...
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    was mainly excavated between 1895 and 1910 by the Italian archeologist, Paolo Orsi, although most of the tombs had already been looted long before his time...
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    the crimes of the governor Verres. Archeological site excavations by Paolo Orsi in 1907–1910 show the Greek temple to have been built on even older foundations...
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    of the islet Magnisi; here that influence affirms for the most part. - Paolo Orsi. Scholars have determined that the period in which it flourished is between...
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    the Pappalardo house, was named for him by later American excavators. Paolo Orsi recorded stray finds from Morgantina and excavated trial trenches in 1912...
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    approximately) of the prehistoric civilization of Sicily, originally identified by Paolo Orsi on the basis of a particular ceramic style, in the homonymous village...
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    antefix, Temple of Athena at Syracuse, in the Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi of Syracuse, Sicily (late sixth century BC) Fig. 10. Gorgon (detail);...
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    statue of a caryatid now preserved in the Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi, which contains material excavated and recovered in the theatre, probably...
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    with the spheres of marriage and childbirth. The Italian archaeologist Paolo Orsi, between 1908 and 1911, carried out a meticulous series of excavations...
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    brought to light in its entirety thanks to the efficient excavations of Paolo Orsi. The temple's stylobate measures 55.36 x 21.47 metres, with its very squat...
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    the subject of a centuries-old search finally resolved by archaeologist Paolo Orsi who, between 1908 and 1911, carried out a meticulous series of excavations...
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    Syracuse, Sicily and is now housed in the Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi. Euskia was a 25-year-old woman who died on St Lucy’s Day in the late...
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    Italian archeologist, Paolo Orsi, although most of the tombs had already been looted long before his time. The finds excavated by Orsi are on display in the...
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    face. When it was discovered at the beginning of the 20th century by Paolo Orsi, it was the only site with evidence of habitation in all three sub-periods...
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    Sicily of the middle Bronze Age. It was found by the Italian archaeologist Paolo Orsi on the small peninsula of Magnisi, near Priolo Gargallo. In its vicinity...
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    (aged 39) Syracuse, Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Resting place Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi Occupation poet and dramatist Nationality German...
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    Christian, circa 340 AD sarcophagus now in the Museo Archeologico Regionale Paolo Orsi in Syracuse, region of Sicily, Italy. The sarcophagus was found in the...
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    UNESCO. The archaeological data obtained in the excavations carried out by Paolo Orsi in the area of Caltagirone confirm what the Jesuit Giampaolo Chiarandà...
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    stretch near the river brought to light in 1978 was also described by Paolo Orsi at the beginning of the century. Also of notable importance are the sections...
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    inhabited again. The site was discovered by the Sicilian archeologist Paolo Orsi during the first half of the 20th century, after he had identified the...
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    finds, are largely preserved at the Regional Archaeological Museum of Paolo Orsi in Syracuse. These scrapers, knives, spears, awls, needles and other objects...
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    Late Bronze and Iron Ages. Excavations of the rock-cut chamber tombs by Paolo Orsi from 1895 to 1910 (Oxbow, Oxford and Philadelphia, 2019). Leighton, Robert...
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  • had a reduced attendance of visitors. The famous Italian archaeologist Paolo Orsi worked in the area where the ancient Krimisa is presumed to have been...
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    Giovanni in Syracuse and is now housed in the Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi. The grave stele indicates a local cult of Lucy at the beginning of the...
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    garden of Villa Landolina, now part of the Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi. It was forbidden to bury in holy land non-Catholic people – including...
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    Calabria was founded under the leadership of the famous archaeologist Paolo Orsi - it carried out intense excavations at Reggio, Locri, and in the main...
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    Trenitalia and ÖBB-DB. Rovereto railway station is situated at Piazzale Paolo Orsi, the western edge and a five-minute walk to the city centre. The station...
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