Further artefacts will also be on display in Naples until 30 June.
In the MANN restoration laboratory, preliminary work has begun on the preparation of the exhibition, which will include the display of bronze statues and statuettes, votive offerings and thousands of coins found in the Etruscan and Roman thermal sanctuary of Bagno Grande in San Casciano dei Bagni. The state of conservation of the finds is peculiar: preserved in hot water, they bear important inscriptions in Etruscan and Latin.
These extraordinary testimonies allow us to reconstruct the rituals and cults of the divinities venerated in the great thermal sanctuary of Bagno Grande.
"The finds discovered in San Casciano, according to many experts, are among the most important Italian archaeological discoveries and allow us to reconnect with our most ancient roots. The exhibition in Naples represents an exceptional moment to admire these treasures returned by the earth and water and live the unique experience of visual and emotional contact with testimonies of a past in which the Roman and Etruscan worlds recognized each other through sacred rites linked to thermalism and the purification of the body and spirit", said the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano.
“It is a unique opportunity for an extraordinary journey through time that is now being expanded in Naples with additional artefacts. With the bronzes of San Casciano, new rooms of the MANN are also being inaugurated, recently restored, destined to host the temporary exhibitions of the Museum”, said the Director General of Museums of the Ministry of Culture, Massimo Osanna, who curates the exhibition with Jacopo Tabolli. The Quirinale Palace hosted the first stage of the exhibition from 23 June to 22 December 2023.
Article published on 19 January 2024 - 12:37