In late March 2010, the sarcophagus, excavated at Gabii in summer 2009, was the subject of a news releasefrom the UM News Service and a short story online by National Geographic News. Additional coverage by other print and online press outlets soon followed. In Italy, the Italian newspaper La Stampa interviewed field director Anna Gallone. Follow this link for a digested summary of the media coverage of the lead sarcophagus, and stay tuned for further updates
- Autumn 2010. A German radio interview with Anna Gallone about the process of scanning the lead sarcophagus with neutrons in Munich. (“Bleisarg unter der Neutronenlupe: Im Forschungsreaktor untersuchten Archäologen eine antike Rarität“).
- November 2010. German television coverage of the neutron scanning at FRM II in Munich. Click here for an English transcript of the news story.
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- Field director Anna Gallone during excavation of the sarcophagus.
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- Project director Nicola Terrenato delivers the ceremonial first blow of the pick-axe to begin the Gabii Project’s excavations in May 2009.
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- Jeffrey Becker and Nicola Terrenato during the opening of the Imperial tomb that would prove to contain the lead sarcophagus.
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- Corey Brennan (right) interviews Nicola Terrenato at Gabii; July 2009.
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- The lead sarcophagus in situ.