New discovery in Italy in 2005

Aerial view of the discovery of an early medieval site on June 3, 2005, visible as positive crop marks of circular ditches in the ripening grain field 500 m north of Palazzo Guelfi near Scarlino, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.

Archaeological excavations by the University of Siena have since been able to identify a highly significant royal complex from the early Middle Ages here.