Gennaro Pesce

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Gennaro Pesce (born July 29, 1902 in Naples ; † January 8, 1984 ) was an Italian archaeologist who had made a name for himself above all for the exploration of Libya and Sardinia .

In 1927 he graduated from La Sapienza University in Rome with a degree in archeology with Giulio Emanuele Rizzo . He then worked at the Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene and came to Delos , Rhodes and Crete . From 1929 he worked for the archaeological preservation of monuments in Italy, first for the Soprintendenza of Naples, Avellino and Benevento, from 1933 for that of Reggio Calabria and from 1936 for that of Piedmont. In December 1938 he was transferred to Sardinia, shortly afterwards he worked in Libya from 1939 to 1949, where he excavated in Ptolemais and Cyrene . Since January 6, 1949 he was the head of the monument preservation of Sardinia (Soprintendente). Here he mainly dug in Nora and Tharros .

Publications (selection)

  • The "Palazzo delle Colonne" in Tolmaide di Cirenaica. Rome 1950.
  • Il tempio d'Iside in Sabratha. Rome 1954.
  • Nora. Bologna 1957.
  • Sarcofagi romani di Sardegna. Rome 1957.
  • Sardegna punica. Cagliari 1961.
    • New edition Sardegna punica. Nuoro 2000 (with biography and list of publications) (full text) (PDF; 11.8 MB).

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personal data
SURNAME Pesce, Gennaro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1984