Amedeo Maiuri: Herculaneum, Archaeology and Fascist Propaganda

Amedeo Maiuri (1886–1963) is rightly considered one of the greatest Italian archaeologists of the twentieth century and his scientific archaeological work at Herculaneum has been much studied. Yet while Maiuri’s work flourished under the patronage of Mussolini’s fascist regime, the nature of his rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brian Brennan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-02-01
Series:Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Online Access:https://www.archaeologybulletin.org/articles/625