November 19th, 2015 – A study group from Italy will present in Dubai the scientific and technical research carried out in recent years by the Sicilian Region in the field of submarine archeology applied to the most sophisticated technology research and instrumental studies. The University of Palermo will be represented by a delegation attending the Italian Festival Art Week, which kicked off yesterday and will close tomorrow in Dubai and is promoted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the UAE (CCIEAU), and with its own conference at the Dubai Golden Brush Award (scheduled for November 20). The Study Group brings together the University of Palermo, the Superintendent of the Sea of the Sicilian Region and art historians. The delegation will introduce the screening of a video on the Battle of the Egadi, and will explain the discovery, recovery and study processes undertaken in those areas that witnessed the First Punic War. After a brief introduction by Giovanni Taormina, Head of the Multimedia Arts of the University Laboratory of the University of Palermo, the manager and coordinator of the Sea Superintendent Stefano Zangara will discuss Sicily as a “Land of myth and history”. (Red)
