The decade of the 1610s in archaeology involved some significant events, some of which are described here.
Finds
* 1613: Remains of the
Temple of Proserpina were unearthed in
Mtarfa
Mtarfa ( mt, L-Imtarfa) is a small town in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 2,572 as of March 2014. It was considered to be a suburb of Rabat until 2000, when it became a separate local council.
History
A number of historic s ...
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Malta. Most of the marble blocks were later sculpted into decorative elements for new buildings.
* 1614:
Tomb of the Scipios discovered in
Rome. The ''titulus'' of L. Cornelius is published in 1617 by Giacomo Sirmondo in ''Antiquae inscriptionis, qua L. Scipionis Barbati, filii expressum est elogium, explanatio.''
Births
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Deaths
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References
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Archaeology by decade
Archaeology