Salvatore Piccolo

Salvatore Piccolo

Biography

I have attended classical studies which made me for all in love with all that is ancient. I graduated, magna cum laude, from the University of Palermo with an experimental thesis in Palethnology. The subject of my degree dissertation has led me to Prehistory, but I have also dealt with classical history having also written a few articles, published on Italian specialised magazines. I have been an advisor on historical docu-fictions several times. I am the author of a history essay on ancient Gela, which refelcts the whole history of Sicily from 689, the date of the Greek colony foundation, to 282, the date of its destruction. I also published a few history readings for school children. I worked at Syracuse archaeological museum for over 20 years.

Education

  • Classical high school diploma
  • Degree in classical-postclassical-medieval archaeology
  • Continuing education course in Ancient E

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5th Century BCE Demareteion Coin
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5th Century BCE Demareteion Coin

An illustration of the so-called Demaretéion is a silver coin of ancient Syracuse (weighing around 43 g) rather rare...
Bronze Age Sicily
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Bronze Age Sicily

The Bronze Age in Sicily, considered one of the most important periods of the island's prehistory, witnessed the establishment...
Carved Globule Bones (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)
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Carved Globule Bones (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)

Animal bone segments (early bronze age, c. 2169 - c. 1500 BCE), between 13-15 centimeters in length...
Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)
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Tombstone Door (Castelluccio Culture, Sicily)

Stone door (early bronze Age, c. 2169 - c. 1500 BCE) closing of a grave dug in the rock, decorated in...
Large Sicilian Bowl (Finocchito Facies, Sicily)
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Large Sicilian Bowl (Finocchito Facies, Sicily)

Four handled large bowl from Sicily (late Bronze Age, second half 8th century BCE - second half 7th century...
Ritual Ceramic Wash Basin (Thapsos Culture, Sicily)
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Ritual Ceramic Wash Basin (Thapsos Culture, Sicily)

Large wash basin on a high foot with bifid handle (c. 1500-c. 1200 BCE), richly decorated with geometric...
Rock Necropolis of Pantalica
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Rock Necropolis of Pantalica

One of the most evocative settlements of Sicilian prehistory (c.1250 - c. 700 BCE) with thousands of excavated tombs...
Sicily in the Early Bronze Age
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Sicily in the Early Bronze Age

A map of Sicily in the early Bronze Age (2169 ±120 BCE - c.1500 BCE) divided into 4 cultural macro-regions: northern...
Gela
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Gela

Gela (Greek: Ghéla), in southern Sicily, was a Greek colony founded c. 689 BCE and it remained an important cultural centre throughout...
Charioteer of Delphi [Illustration]
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Charioteer of Delphi [Illustration]

The sculpture, whose artist's name is unknown, was probably donated by Gelon to the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi...
Map of Greek Sicily, 5th Century BCE
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Map of Greek Sicily, 5th Century BCE

A map indicating the principal towns in Sicily during the 5th century BCE.
Silver Tetradrachm of Gela
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Silver Tetradrachm of Gela

Equivalent to four drachmae, this coin is perhaps the most beautiful issued by the Gela mint, made by an unidentified...

Translations

English Original Language Translation Translator
Dolmen Bengali ডলমেন Tuli Banerjee
Bronze Age Sicily French La Sicile à l'Âge du Bronze Babeth Étiève-Cartwright
Gela French Géla Babeth Étiève-Cartwright
The Dolmens of Sicily French Dolmens de Sicile Babeth Étiève-Cartwright
Dolmen Italian Dolmen Salvatore Piccolo
The Dolmens of Sicily Italian I Dolmen della Sicilia Salvatore Piccolo
Gela Italian Gela Salvatore Piccolo
Dolmen Spanish Dolmen Carlos A Sequera B
The Dolmens of Sicily Greek Τα ντολμέν της Σικελίας Christina Garila
Bronze Age Sicily Greek Η Σικελία της Εποχής του Χαλκού Christina Garila
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