Etruscan Gold Bezel Rings: Typology, Production and Iconography

This study concentrates on Etruscan gold bezel rings of the Archaic and Classical periods, analysing them through typological, iconographic, and technical-productive perspectives. Defining the scope of the investigation is essential, as the broader subject of Etruscan rings encompasses a range of materials and forms. Scarab and swivel rings have received considerable scholarly attention and catalogued extensively, while fixed bezel types remain comparatively under-explored. Furthermore, rings...

Il culto di Iside nell'Italia settentrionale e il suo declino (III-V secolo d.C.)

L'opera esamina e discute varie fonti epigrafiche, archeologiche e letterarie sul culto di Iside nell'Italia settentrionale durante gli ultimi duecentocinquant'anni di esistenza dell'Impero romano.

Investigation of an ancient polis of Phlius

I mercenari galati d'Egitto

During the Hellenistic period mercenary armies constituted by Galatian soldiers were present in a great number of states of the Eastern Mediterranean. For the case of Ptolemaic Egypt the first Galatian mercenaries arrived in the region at some point during the first part of the 3rd century BC at the time of Ptolemy II Philadelphus' reign and they were present at the place until the Late Roman period. Although information about them is evident on the historical record there are aspects of thei...

Dernhelm or Éowyn: An examination of the gender bias in Italian Archaeology

This master’s thesis considers the interaction of gender bias in the area of Iron Age archaeology of Italy. An overview of feminist, gender, and mortuary archaeology provides the methodological framework for the assessment of how gender roles are analyzed and written about in Italian archaeology as well as select sites and case studies from the Eurasian steppes, Eastern Europe and Sweden. Existing and historical biases are highlighted and discussed in terms of their impact on interpretation o...

Donne e violenza: un'analisi delle petizioni dell'Egitto tolemaico e romano

Attraverso l'analisi delle petizioni provenienti dall'Egitto tolemaico e romano, cerco di spiegare i contesti in cui la violenza veniva usata contro e dalle donne. Anche se le informazioni presentate nelle petizioni non dovrebbero essere pienamente attendibili perché i firmatari avevano molte ragioni per non essere completamente onesti durante la loro presentazione, rappresentano comunque un’ottima fonte di informazioni sulle interazioni sociali. Che fossero fisiche, sessuali o verbali, le pe...

Il museo senza pareti. Ri-Contestualizzare il patrimonio dell'Esquilino attraverso lo storytelling digitale

La narratività dell’immagine egizia: la cappella funeraria di Maya, Museo Egizio di Torino, Suppl. 7910

Valency patterns in Swedish