Rector Antonella Polimeni and the entire Sapienza community congratulate the team that conducted the archaeological mission in San Casciano Bagni, Siena, Tuscany, and in particular the coordinator Jacopo Tabolli, researcher in Etruscology and Italic Antiquities at the University of Siena and Sapienza alumnus.

Excavations at San Casciano in early November uncovered 24 bronze statues as well as other priceless artefacts, dating back to a period between the second and first centuries BC, during the transition phase in Etruria between Etruscan and Roman domination. The statues, found at the bottom of the large pool of the ancient bath, bearing inscriptions in Etruscan and Latin, are considered the most important find since the two sculptures, universally known as the Riace Bronzes, were discovered in the sea off the coast of Calabria in 1972.

Jacopo Tabolli graduated and completed his PhD in archaeology with a curriculum in Etruscology at Sapienza University of Rome. After several periods abroad he worked as an archaeologist at the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio for the provinces of Siena, Grosseto and Arezzo, Tuscany, as head of archaeological protection for the province of Siena and the islands of Giglio and Giannutri. Since 2021, he has been a researcher at the University for Foreigners of Siena and, in this context, has directed the excavations at San Casciano.