Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre

In May–November 2022, archaeological excavations were conducted inside the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (Licence No. G-20/2022; map ref. 221860/631751), as part of a project to restore the floor of the complex at the request of the main custodian communities of the Holy Sepulchre (the Orthodox Patriarchate, the Custody of the Holy Land and the Armenian Patriarchate). The excavation was conducted by a team from Sapienza University of Rome, as part of its program Grandi Scavi di Ateneo. The project was directed by F.R. Stasolla, with the collaboration of A. Ferrandes (coordination of pottery study), A. Polosa (numismatics), L. Medeghini (geology and petrography), L. Sadori, C. Moricca and E. Cerafogli (palaeobotany), L. Brancazi (area supervisor and archaeozoology), A. Ricco (archive research), F. Vacatello (topography supervisor), B. Brancazi, A. D’Alessandro, S. De Togni and G. Previti (area supervisors), A. Corbo, M. D’Amico, F. Domini, E. Frigato, B. Luci, E. Pomo, F. Pallocca, E. Prandini, A. Ricco, A. Rubei, M. Russo and V. Mattia (archaeologists), A. Corbo, J. Follega, E. Frigato, B. Luci, A. Melega and F. Moschetto (topographic documentation), B. Brancazi, A. D’Alessandro and S. De Togni (database processing), A. Cymerman Abad, C. Di Matteo, G. Fiammenghi, M. Fortunato, F. Lambicchi, F. Miele, V. Mattia, E. Molaioni, E. Pomo, G. Previti, E. Rossetti and M. Russo (documentation and classification of materials), S. Casaluci (documentarist), G. Pinto Ostuni (photographer) and O. Hamdan (site and restoration management).