The 5th International Congress on Ancient Thermalism will take place in Varaždinske Toplice (Croatia) (May 17th to 21st, 2027)
We are pleased to inform you that the dates for the 5th International Congress on Ancient Thermalism have been scheduled for May 17th to 21st, 2027. As previously announced, the conference will be held in Varaždinske Toplice (Croatia)—the ancient Roman settlement of Aquae Iasae—and will focus on the topic: The role of the Roman army […]
Call for papers “Workshop on Thermal landscapes: multidisciplinary perspectives”. San Casciano dei Bagni (Italy), 18th September 2026
Università Iuav di Venezia and Università oer Stranieri of Siena invite scholars to submit contributions for a multidisciplinary workshop exploring the complex relationships between animals, landscape and thermalism in antiquity and beyond. The workshop aims to bring together archaeological, historical, anthopological, environmental, and design-orientes perspectives to investigate how thermo-mineral waters have shaped human-animals interactions across […]
Workshop “Beyond the Bronze. Communities in transformation and mobility in the excavation of Bagno Grande (San Casciano dei Bagni)”. 29-30 January 2025
Between 29th and 30th January 2025, a new colloquium on the discoveries made in the village of San Casciano dei Bagni will be held in the Aula Magna Virginia Woolf of the Universitá per stranieri di Siena, with interesting and new contributions. The workshop, organised by the researcher J. Tabolli, scientific coordinator of the archaeological […]
New studies on healing waters: Archaeology of thermalism publication
A new publication a on thermal healing spas studies has been published in the prestigious online journal Engramma, nº 214. Derived of an international seminar in Siena, Chianciano Terme and San Casciano dei Bagni, the nº214 of the Engramma journal presents the results of a new season of studies focused on the archaeology of thermal […]
New Workshop “Dentro il sacro. Multiculturalismo e plurilinguismo nello scavo del Bagno Grande a San Casciano dei Bagni” (25/26 January 2023)
A workshop talking about the new discoveries of San Casciano dei Bani will take place the next 25-26th January 2023 in the Università per Stranieri di Siena, Aula Magna Virginia Woolf (Piazza Carlo Rosselli 27/28, Siena). Organized by Jacopo Tabolli, Emanuele Mariotti and Ada Salvi, some of the first results on the study of this […]
An incredible number of bronze sculptures and votive offerings have been discovered in San Casciano dei Bagni (Italy) !
Again, wonderful news gets from San Casciano dei Bagni, a small thermal medieval town in the south of Tuscany! As we published some months ago, new archaeological digs are taking place in the area of the free pool Bagno Grande, one of the hottest and most abundant thermal springs in this town. Today, we have […]