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The Celestine Prophecy.:

Etruscan archaeology in Modena in the first half of the 19th century.

From 25 May to 1 October 2019

Estense Gallery

Largo Porta Sant'Agostino, 337, Modena

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From May 25th to October 1st, 2019, the Estense Gallery in Modena hosts an exhibition documenting the Etruscan presence in the Modenese territory. The exhibition focuses on the small Etruscan burial ground found in 1841 in the fields of Galassina di Castelvetro (MO), dating back, based on the materials known so far, between the late 6th and 5th centuries BC. The owners of a property, during agricultural work, discovered the remains of four Etruscan cremation tombs, whose rich furnishings, among the most valuable of the Etruscan age in the Modenese territory, were purchased by Francesco IV Habsburg-Este, Duke of Modena, to enrich his collection of antiquities and the Estense Museum. The exhibition presents the most important pieces of the funerary furnishings, referring to a deceased person, from Tomb I of Galassina, the richest and most famous burial, exhibited at the Archaeological Civic Museum of Modena until the end of May 2018, and now returned to the Estense collection, along with archaeological works from the same burial context, unpublished until now. Of the entire Tomb I furnishings, the most well-known and studied objects are the mirror and the corded cista (cylindrical container), as well as the basin. The rest of the objects were commonly believed to be dispersed until an accurate inventory check and examination of the deposits of the Estense Gallery in Modena allowed for the identification with good certainty of other artifacts from Tomb I, such as the strigil handle (tool for cleansing the body after bathing), one of the three necklace beads (hollow inside, formed by two welded hemispheres) in the shape of a glass paste head, and two fragments related to the glass paste balsamarium. This check allowed for the reconstruction of the unity of the furnishings purchased by Francesco IV, and provided the opportunity for a complete study. A series of educational panels will allow visitors to delve into the discovery context of the Galassina mirror, in its various cultural, artistic, and collector-related aspects.

	opens - closes	last entry
monday	24:00 - 24:00
tuesday	08:30 - 19:30
wednesday	08:30 - 19:30
thursday	08:30 - 19:30
friday	08:30 - 19:30
saturday	08:30 - 19:30
sunday	14:00 - 19:30

The Celestine Prophecy.:

Etruscan archaeology in Modena in the first half of the 19th century.

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