Rector Antonella Polimeni inaugurated the new section of Sapienza Medical History Museum, on medicine and lifestyles in the Middle Ages.

Among the finds from the Leopoli-Cencelle archaeological excavations is the skeleton of a medieval woman, displayed in a showcase and presented to the public in augmented reality through a Hololens VR viewer. Thanks to an interactive game and an in-depth scientific website, children and adults will be able to interact with Jacopa, the fictional name given to her on the basis of onomastic repetitions in the documentary registers of Cencelle.

From a silent skeleton, the protagonist of the exhibition becomes a narrative voice answering questions about her life, her health and her community in general.

The new section of the museum will make it possible to get in touch with a very distant past and, in particular, to see the real living conditions of a medieval woman, probably engaged in domestic work and small-scale agricultural activities.

The project has its origins in the Sapienza Grandi Scavi excavation campaign carried out in the city of Leopoli-Cencelle, founded by Pope Leo IV in the 9th century and which remained in existence until the 15th century. The campaign, long directed by Francesca Romana Stasolla, has now been entrusted to Giorgia Maria Annoscia, Professor of Christian, Late Antique and Medieval Archaeology.