Three large and three smaller amphorae, of significant archaeological interest, were delivered by the financiers of the Provincial Command of Messina to the Archaeological Park of Naxos Taormina, where they will be exhibited and enhanced in the local museum.
The discovery in Trappitello
The amphorae were found during an environmental police service of the Taormina Company. The military, along an area adjacent to the Santa Venera stream, in the hamlet of Trappitello, identified a wave of waste with old clothing and resulting material. Among the abandoned bags, wrapped in newspaper, the six amphorae appeared, covered with marine sediments.
The material was immediately seized and the Public Prosecutor of Messina opened a file against unknown persons for the crime of dispersion of cultural heritage.
The appraisal
An expert report by the Superintendence for Cultural and Environmental Heritage of Messina has attested to the value of the finds: the three larger amphorae date back to a period between the first century AC and the first century AD, while those of smaller size can be dated between the seventeenth and eight hundred.
Delivery to the museum
After the authorization of the judicial authority, on 25 September the assets were formally delivered to the managers of the Archaeological Park of Naxos Taormina. Here they will be kept and exposed, returning them the right historical value and making them usable to the community.