pg1 arsNotice is hereby given that on Sunday 10 August, I0SNY/p Nik Circolo Amateur Radio Society PG01, will be active, for High School Italian Archaeological by ref. UMB-007 – Etruscan Necropolis of Fosso Rigo.

ARS members and colleagues Om fans can look I0SNY Diploma / p on the frequency of 40 meters.

An unusual archeological site which emerges from a supermarket and a number of homes, near what remains of a small industrial area.
The museum display of the necropolis is part of a wider project of archaeological nature trail which also includes the necropolis of Fosso Rigo, used by craftsmen dedicated to working stone.

It can be visited through a guided tour that highlights some of the well-equipped hundreds of tombs organized in a city plan preordained: of similar structure and size, have a dromos (aisle) with steps that led to the entrance, closed by a big slab. The internal compartment disposed on three sides of the docks where they were placed urns or jars containing the ashes of the deceased and their funerary. The traditional aristocratic class is accompanied by a large number of people of lower rank, free or freed slaves. The plant is a perfect example of Strozzacapponi necropolis organized according to a precise plan. The burial ritual is to incineration, normally used in the Perugia area in the Hellenistic. The body of the deceased was burned and the ashes collected in urns of travertine or ceramic jars. Le urne, some displayed at the Antiquarian municipal Corciano, are generally smooth and, only in some cases, have carved decorations adorned with bright polychrome. On the lids is often engraved with the name of the deceased. Used between the third century and the first century B.C., and formed part of a settlement related to the mining activity in the neighboring quarries of travertine at Santa Sabina. The museum display of the necropolis is part of a wider project of archaeological nature trail which also includes the necropolis of Fosso Rigo, used by craftsmen dedicated to working stone.

 

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