Research Project
Nazione Italy and USA Anno 2021
Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
2021 Balzan Prize for Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
For their achievements in the study of Hurrian culture and for highlighting its importance as the foundation of a great urban civilization, among the most flourishing in the ancient Near East in the third millennium BCE; for promoting a digital approach to the study of archaeology; for enhancing theoretical reflection on the nature of this discipline.