Crast is a partner of the “ArTourBag Project. Archaeological heritage and sustainable cultural tourism in Baghdad” promoted by the University of Bologna with the University of Catania, AVSI and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) in Iraq. This is a 3-year Italian project that aims to promote sustainable development of cultural tourism […]

The animated video “The Street of Erbil”, created for the Children’s Interpretation Center of the Citadel of Erbil, is participating in the Florence Archeofilm International Film Festival of Archaeology Art Environment. Program March 6, 2025 The Children’s Interpretation Center is a project of the Word Monuments Fund (WMF) and the High Commission for Erbil Citadel […]

During the cultural international exhibition toursimA. Salone dell’Archeologia e del Turismo Culturale, Professor C. Lippolis, President of CRAST, participated with a speech focused on the ongoing community archaeology activities at Seleucia on the Tigris, as part of the mission in Iraq coordinated by CRAST and the University of Turin (title of the speech: “Community Archaeology. […]

On 10th December 2024, during a ceremony organized by the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan, the President of CRAST Prof. Carlo Lippolis was awarded at Ashgabat the medal commemorating the 300th anniversary of the birth of the Turkmen national poet Magtymguly (“Magtymguly Pyragynyn 300 yyllygyna” yubiley medaly).

The fourth excavation campaign at the site of Seleucia on the Tigris, coordinated by CRAST and the University of Turin, has been concluded. The expedition, which lasted about two and a half months (20th of September – 6th of December), directed by Professors C. Lippolis and V. Messina, included the continuation of excavations in the […]

In the section “Seleucia – the materials”, is now available a comprehensive report by Elisabetta Valtz on the pottery from the excavations 1964-1976, 1985-1989, stratigraphically updated.  The most relevant types of eggshell, glazed and common wares are illustrated within a wide geographical and chronological context, with the aim of better understanding the interaction between the local milieu and the […]

On Tuesday and Wednesday the 18th and 19th of June 2024, the EVOA conference ( Ancient Egypt and the Near East) will be held at Turin, at the Aula Magna and Aula Principi d’Acaja of the Rettorato dell’Università di Torino (Via Verdi 8, starting from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm). Francesco Barsacchi, Stefano de Martino, […]