Archeonaut - APT Basilicata

Muro lucanoserved as a highway for goods). Valuableevidence has been found in these villasof the feverish economic activity thathelped to make them completely selfsufficientstructures, and this is nowmostly preserved in Muro Lucano.It includes spindles and distaffs, loomweights to keep the plot taught whenweaving, combs for carding wool,not so different from those that ourgrandmothers still kept in their homes,as well as funnels for separating milkfrom curds, moulds for cheese and billhooks for cutting the grain. A mosaicfloor was unearthed in the tablinum,or reception room, of one of the villa,that of Oppido Lucano, that seems like apublicity display for its owners’ wealth.It presents the alternating of the seasonsin human form and immortalises theaeon, eternity, to ensure that theirwellbeing would not be somethingmerely momentary.How to reach Muro LucanoBY TRAINInfo: www.trenitalia.comBY PLANENAPLES AIRPORT distance:150 km Info: +39 081 7896111BY CARA3 SALERNO-REGGIO CALABRIA take the Sicignano exit and then exit at Balvanoand continue along the Sp ex SS 94 and then the SP ex SS 7 until Muro LucanoA1 FLORENCE-ROME: proceed as far as Caserta, take the A30 Caserta-Salernomotorway, then the A3 Salerno-Reggio Calabria, exit at Sicignano and then exit atBalvano and continue along the Sp ex SS 94 and then the SP ex SS 7 until MuroLucanoInfo: www.autostrade.itBY BUSwww.ibus.itNationalArchaeologicalMuseumMuro LucanoGPS: N 40° 45’ 9’’ E 15° 29’ 8’’Funeral processionto a tomb Baragiano58 59