Sabatino Moscati

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Sabatino Moscati
Born(1922-11-24)November 24, 1922
DiedSeptember 8, 1997(1997-09-08) (aged 74)
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Archaeologist and linguist
EmployerUniversity of Rome
Known forArchaeology and linguistics, work on Phoenician and Punic civilizations
AwardsLamarmora Prize, Selinon Prize, Sybaris Magna Grecia Prize, I cavalli d'oro di San Marco

Sabatino Moscati (24 November 1922 – 8 September 1997) was an Italian

Punic
civilizations. In 1954 he became Professor of Semitic Philology at the University of Rome where he established the Institute of Studies of the Near East.

Sabatino directed a number of

excavations, in the process of which he established himself internationally, winning the Lamarmora Prize for his studies of Sardinia, the Selinon Prize for Sicily, the Sybaris Magna Grecia Prize for his research in ancient Italy and the I cavalli d'oro di San Marco for his oriental work.[1]

Bibliography

  • The Face of the Ancient Orient (1962)
  • The World of the Phoenicians (1968) English trans., Weidenfeld & Nicolson "History of Civilisation" series
  • Moscati, Sabatino; .
  • The Phoenicians, 2001, I. B. Tauris,

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