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After 46 Years, Mozia’s Famous Marble Youth Has Company
A female marble statue found at Mozia in the summer of 2025 has given Sicily’s famous marble Youth an unexpected companion 46 years after his discovery. Yet the newly named “Young Woman of Mozia” emerged not from a sanctuary or grand public building, but from the working space of a large Punic pottery complex. The…
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Polychrome Late Antique Mosaic and Christian Monogram Unearthed in Sicily
Archaeologists working in Agrigento, Sicily, have uncovered a polychrome geometric mosaic and a group of objects linked to the city’s early Christian community. The discoveries were made during the 11th excavation campaign in the Hellenistic-Roman Quarter of ancient Agrigentum, close to a large Roman bath complex. The excavated building remained in use for nearly eight…
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Roman Hunting Mosaic Buried for 50 Years Reemerges in Ancient Lilybaeum
A Roman hunting mosaic hidden beneath the soil for more than half a century has reemerged at Capo Boeo in Marsala, bringing one of ancient Lilybaeum’s most striking domestic artworks back into view. The mosaic floor, decorated with a dramatic venatio, or hunting scene, was first uncovered in 1972 by archaeologist Carmela Angela Di Stefano…
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Ancient Greek City of Akragas Reveals Hidden Lives as Excavations Resume in Sicily
For generations, the ancient city of Akragas has been defined by its monumental temples rising above Sicily’s southern coast. But as excavations resume in 2026, archaeologists are shifting attention away from sacred architecture toward something far more intimate—the everyday lives of the people who once inhabited this powerful Greek city. A new excavation campaign inside…
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A Unique Bone Stylus from Ancient Gela Redefines Craft, Ritual, and Symbolism in Classical Greece
Archaeologists working in the ancient Greek city of Gela, on Sicily’s southern coast, have uncovered an object so unusual that specialists describe it as a true unicum—a discovery without known parallels in the archaeological record of Classical Greece. The find is a finely carved ceramist’s stylus made of bone, dated to the 5th century BCE,…