Arrival at Fiumicino

Today we all travelled. Some from Colombia, some from the UK, some from Italy and another from Taiwan. So, everyone had to be met and set up in their accommodation. It was a busy day but by the end of it, particularly once the pizza was served, everything settled down to normal. We are a large team this year – about 70 in total – so everything becomes that bit more complicated. Still, the team are great and we are all really excited about the coming couple of months.

In addition to the excavation, survey and recording we will also be involved in some dissemination events, with a lecture in Rome, visits from a range of media producers, VIPs and a public lecture in Southampton on 21st October. One of our key interest is effective communication of our work and we will have plenty of opportunity for this in the next couple of months. The models have short descriptions giving an idea of where these CGI representations derive from. Elsewhere on this website we provide a lot more detail about the reconstruction process.