Starting our second rainy morning with a talk by our Director, Prof. Huntley, on Libarna and it’s place in ancient Italy/Liguria. #LULP #archaeology

White wine has been identified among the contents of a 2,000-year-old tomb of two men and two women within an intact, circular Roman mausoleum in southern Spain. archaeology.org/news/2023/10/0…

We have blue skies and flowers at Libarna!! An excellent first day in the trenches. #LULP #Archaeology

Another good day in the trenches. Our University of Utah and Boise State University students finished cleaning trenches and learned how to draw a trench plan. #Archaeology #LULP

The end of our first week!! A success despite the rainy start. Our director, Prof. Huntley high-fives our Associate Director, Prof. Christensen. #Lulp #Archaeology Boise State University University of Utah

Field trip to Torino’s archaeological museum. Our ceramics expert Melania Semeraro gave our Boise State University and University of Utah students a tour of the Musei Reali Torino.

Since it’s #AncientSiteSunday here’s a nice view of Libarna, a Roman colony established ca. 148 BCE when the Via Postumia was built to connect Genoa to Aquileia across the Po Valley. Read more: the-past.com/feature/libarn… 📸 M Boyles

Our Associate Director Dr. Alexis Christensen really loves tile! And this is a good year for tile!! #LULP #Archaeology University of Utah Boise State History

Thursday is #Farinata day at #Libarna.

Our amazing 2024 crew!! Students from Boise State University & University of Utah have done a brilliant job this season with their amazing trench supervisors Richard Chadwick and Alexis Mosley. Boise State History U of U Humanities

And just like that our trenches are closed. A few more days of post-ex work and our second season will end. #archaeology

Behind-the-Scenes A photographer on the set of BEN-HUR (1959) peplumtv.com/2024/07/behind…

Last day of our 2024 field season. Lots of hard work put in by our Boise State University and University of Utah students! Tool cleaning/inventory and flotation to start the day.

Post-ex photography day.

Our kit is all packed away safely until next year with the nativity horse and cow (not pictured.