The Roman Mio-Pliocene underground quarries at Ksour Essaf (Tunisia)

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  • Pentelic marble in the Severan Complex in Leptis Magna (Tripolitania, Libya)
  • The limestone quarries of Wadi Gadatza in the territory of Leptis Magna
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  • The imitation of coloured marbles in a first style wall painting from the Etruscan-Roman town of Populonia (LI - Italy)
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  • The use of marble in Lusitania between Rome and Islam
  • Marmora Ostiensa : new results from the Ostia Marina Project
  • A column shaft in verde rana ondato from the archaeological excavations in Palazzo Altemps
  • The exploitation of coralline breccia of the Gargano in the Roman and late antique periods
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  • The use of marble in the roman architecture of Lugdunum (Lyon, France)
  • Marmora and other stones in the architectural decoration of early imperial Barcino (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Provenance of the Roman marble sarcophagi of the San Pietro in Bevagna Wreck
  • Thasian Exports Of Prefabricated Statuettes
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  • Awaiting identity : Copenhagen's diskophoros and its auxiliary support
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  • The marbles from the Villa of Trajan at Arcinazzo Romano (Roma)
  • The introduction of marble in the cavea of the Theatre of Hierapolis : building process and patronage
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  • The marble decoration of the peristyle building in the SW quarter of Palmyra (Pal.M.A.I.S. Mission)
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  • A uotorum nuncupatio from Colonia Augusta Firma : an analytical approach
  • The Muses in the Prado Museum and the pentelic marble of the Odeon in Hadrian's villa : workshops and statuary programmes : preliminary report
  • Local workshops of the Roman imperial age : a contribution to the study of the production of Campanian Sarcophagi
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  • Production and distribution of Troad granite, both public and private
  • The use of Almadén de la Plata marble in the public programs of Colonia Augusta Firma - Astigi (Écija, Seville, Spain)
  • Architectural elements of the Peristyle Building of the SW quarter of Palmyra (PAL.M.A.I.S. Mission)
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  • First preliminary results on the marmora of the late roman villa of Noheda (Cuenca, Spain)
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  • Stones and ancient marbles of the Francesco Belli Collection : archaeological, art-historical, antiquarian, geological - technical and petrographical aspects
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  • The Roman Mio-Pliocene underground quarries at Ksour Essaf (Tunisia)
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