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Stories from Falerii Novi #8 | Emlyn Dodd on Six Years of collaboration between the BSR and UK Universities
Emlyn Dodd is former Assistant Director of the British School at Rome, an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of London, and now a lecturer

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Stories from Falerii Novi #7 | Voices from the Trench: A Season at Falerii Novi for the students
This year marks the first milestone for the excavations at Falerii Novi: after five years of excavation, work now begins on the publication. What began with a season of non-invasive

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Stories from Falerii Novi #6 | Angela Trentacoste: Reading diet and metalworking from the smallest finds
This year's work for Angela Trentacoste has centred on bulk sampling: collecting soil samples from across the site and processing them to recover the plant, animal, and other remains that

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Stories from Falerii Novi #5 | Continuing the Dig: Stephen Kay on this year’s Excavation at Falerii Novi
This season picks up where 2025 left off, continuing the excavation of the large, monumental building uncovered last year, a structure that saw successive phases of reuse after its construction

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Stories from Falerii Novi #4 | Mapping the Excavation: Sara Fabbri on topography at Falerii Novi
Sara Fabbri working on site, photo by Nicholas Berardo, 2026 Alongside the trenches and the finds, every excavation depends on a less visible kind of work: the constant effort to

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Stories from Falerii Novi #3 | Food, Fire and Everyday Life at Falerii Novi: A Conversation with Emma Richard – Trémeau
Emma Richard-Trémeau is undertaking a Collaborative Doctoral Award at the University of Durham and BSR. As part of her training, she spent a placement month at Falerii Novi, assisting with

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Stories from Falerii Novi #2 | Traces of the Sacred: Architectural Terracottas from Falerii Novi
Among the most remarkable finds from the excavation at Falerii Novi is a fragment of architectural terracotta dating to the second century BCE, a reminder that the site's history stretches

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Stories from Falerii Novi #1 | Falerii Novi Reveals Its Treasures
This year Falerii Novi tells the story not only of the wealthier members of society but also of the normal citizens in Roman period - their domestic lives, the games

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Tracing Trade and Technology: Emma Richard-Tremeau’s Study of Roman Ceramics in the Middle Tiber Valley
The British School at Rome is pleased to highlight the research of Emma Richard-Tremeau, who is currently based in Rome as part of her PhD project at Durham University. Her

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Inscriptions on Londinium’s painted walls and the subsequent research in Rome, by Han Li
The British School at Rome (BSR)’s post-graduate epigraphy course experience is best captured by the words of alumni Jurriaan Gouw, “This is what university is supposed to feel like”. Indeed,

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Stories from Falerii Novi #8 | Emlyn Dodd on Six Years of collaboration between the BSR and UK Universities
Emlyn Dodd is former Assistant Director of the British School at Rome, an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Classical Studies at the University of
ARCHAEOLOGY
Stories from Falerii Novi #7 | Voices from the Trench: A Season at Falerii Novi for the students
This year marks the first milestone for the excavations at Falerii Novi: after five years of excavation, work now begins on the publication. What began
ARCHAEOLOGY
Stories from Falerii Novi #6 | Angela Trentacoste: Reading diet and metalworking from the smallest finds
This year's work for Angela Trentacoste has centred on bulk sampling: collecting soil samples from across the site and processing them to recover the plant,
ARCHAEOLOGY
Stories from Falerii Novi #5 | Continuing the Dig: Stephen Kay on this year’s Excavation at Falerii Novi
This season picks up where 2025 left off, continuing the excavation of the large, monumental building uncovered last year, a structure that saw successive phases
ARCHAEOLOGY
Stories from Falerii Novi #4 | Mapping the Excavation: Sara Fabbri on topography at Falerii Novi
Sara Fabbri working on site, photo by Nicholas Berardo, 2026 Alongside the trenches and the finds, every excavation depends on a less visible kind of
ARCHAEOLOGY
Stories from Falerii Novi #3 | Food, Fire and Everyday Life at Falerii Novi: A Conversation with Emma Richard – Trémeau
Emma Richard-Trémeau is undertaking a Collaborative Doctoral Award at the University of Durham and BSR. As part of her training, she spent a placement month
ARCHAEOLOGY
Stories from Falerii Novi #2 | Traces of the Sacred: Architectural Terracottas from Falerii Novi
Among the most remarkable finds from the excavation at Falerii Novi is a fragment of architectural terracotta dating to the second century BCE, a reminder
ARCHAEOLOGY
Stories from Falerii Novi #1 | Falerii Novi Reveals Its Treasures
This year Falerii Novi tells the story not only of the wealthier members of society but also of the normal citizens in Roman period -
ARCHAEOLOGY
Tracing Trade and Technology: Emma Richard-Tremeau’s Study of Roman Ceramics in the Middle Tiber Valley
The British School at Rome is pleased to highlight the research of Emma Richard-Tremeau, who is currently based in Rome as part of her PhD
ARCHAEOLOGY
Inscriptions on Londinium’s painted walls and the subsequent research in Rome, by Han Li
The British School at Rome (BSR)’s post-graduate epigraphy course experience is best captured by the words of alumni Jurriaan Gouw, “This is what university is
ARCHAEOLOGY
Simon Keay Awardee in Mediterranean Archaeology 2023 Rebecca Levitan reports on new work at Sperlonga
During my time as the Simon Keay Fellow, I conducted research related to the ancient site of Sperlonga on the southwest coast of Lazio. The
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Beatrice Fochetti, The Insula XXXI and the Falerii Novi Project
Dr Beatrice Fochetti has recently been named a Research Fellow at the BSR. Her project, 'Archaeological research on the central area of Falerii Novi and

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