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The Tiber river delta plain (central Italy): Coastal evolution and implications for the ancient Ostia Roman settlement

The Holocene, 2011
Geomorphologic, stratigraphic, faunistic, palynological and carbon isotope analyses were carried out in the area of the Tiber river mouth. The results depict a complex palaeoenvironmental evolution in the area of the Roman town of Ostia, ascertain the changes of the Tiber river delta over the last 6000 years and support a re-interpretation of some ...
BELLOTTI, Piero, CALDERONI, Gilberto, DI RITA, FEDERICO, M. D'Orefice, C. D'Amico, ESU, Daniela, MAGRI, Donatella, PREITE MARTINEZ, Maria, M. P. Martinez, TORTORA, Paolo, VALERI, Publio   +10 more
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Historical faulting as the possible cause of earthquake damages in the ancient Roman port city of Ostia

Journal of Seismology, 2019
This paper presents an original multidisciplinary (geological-structural-geomorphological and seismological) study aimed at investigating the origin of diffused seismic damages affecting several ancient buildings in the Roman port city of Ostia. We also evaluate the possibility to relate these damages to a previously hypothesized ENE-WSW trending fault,
Fabrizio Marra, Giuliano Milana, Laura Pecchioli, Pamela Roselli, Giovanni Cangi, Daniela Famiani, Alessia Mercuri, Giorgia Carlucci   +7 more
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Aural exostoses in a Roman skull excavated at the “Baths of the Swimmer” in the ancient town of Ostia

Journal of Human Evolution, 1975
Abstract For the first time a skull belonging to an ancient Roman man has been discovered which exhibits bilateral aural exostoses. The skull having been found during an archaeological excavation at the “Baths of the Swimmer” in ancient Ostia, the possible relationship between aural exostoses and swimming is discussed.
A. Ascenzi, P. Balistreri
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2. Religious Agency and Civic Identity of Women in Ancient Ostia

2019
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The Domus of Cupid and Psyche in Ancient Ostia

American Journal of Archaeology, 1967
The Domus of Cupid and Psyche is perhaps one of the most interesting and attractive ruins in ancient Ostia.' It was excavated in 1938, but due to the Second World War it was not published until ten years later when Professor Giovanni Becatti included it in his introductory article on the Ostian mansions of the later Empire.2 Although the structure has ...
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Analyzing an Ancient City: Non-invasive studies of Ostia Antica Archaeological Park’s Wall Paintings

2023
Roman wall paintings at the archaeological site of Ostia Antica dating from the 1st century BCE to the 4th century CE were studied in an integrated noninvasive approach using portable instrumentation, namely: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Visible Induced Luminescence (VIL), External Reflectance
Del Federico E., Tomassini P., Blumich B., Cucci C., Picollo M., Ramsey M., Wong S., Burry S., Fallon K., Miriello D., Chiari G., Becker H., Urbanek M., Zoldfoldi J., Frick J., Bader J., Kruger D., Anders J.   +17 more
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Study of archaeological lead artifacts from ancient Ostia (Rome) by mass spectrometry

2022
This study is based on a systematic approach specifically focused on tesserae, tokens, seals, and other similar ancient lead objects conserved in the Depositi of Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica (Italy). The primary goal of this work is to improve the knowledge about chronological and institutional framework of tokens (coinlike-objects) along with ...
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Jewish Inhabitants in Ancient Ostia

2022
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Mithraism in Ostia. Mystery Religion and Christianity in the Ancient Port of Rome

The Classical World, 1968
Russell T. Scott, Samuel Laeuchli
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First remarks about the newly discovered mithraeum of coloured marbles at ancient Ostia

2017
The investigations carried out in the last years by the Ostia Marina Project (University of Bologna – Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà) in the neighborhood outside Porta Marina at ancient Ostia begin to clarify not only the development of the coastal landscape, but also the dynamic forms of urbanization that unfold from the 1st century B.C ...
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