The mysterious Ksar of Draa in Timimoun
Trained at the University of Turin, where she obtained her three-year degree in Cultural Heritage Sciences and her master's degree in History of Archaeological and Historical-Artistic Heritage, she specialized at the University of Milan, graduating in Archaeological Heritage. Freelancer, she deals with computer archeology and virtual heritage, museum displays, 2D graphics and multimedia products applied to cultural heritage. Collaborates with various public and private bodies in the field of projects related to the research, enhancement, communication and promotion of cultural heritage. She deals with the creation of cultural itineraries relating to the entire Italian Peninsula and the development of content (creation of texts and photographic production) for paper and virtual publications. Her study interests include the development of new techniques and means of communication for the enhancement of cultural heritage and the evolution of the symbolism of power between the Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
8 Comments
salah alsayer
Hi
i read your good article about Ksar of Draa
this is first time i heard about it
i have seen your Link in FACEBOOK account name Museum of Artifacts
thanks
Lorena Cannizzaro
Hi, I’m so glad you liked the article!
I discovered it by chance and I admit that I was very intrigued and so I started doing research about it, all the material collected ended up in the deepening.
Are you an archaeologist too?
Thank you so much for the comment you wrote to me, very kind! 😊🙏
Patrick
I’m curious why nobody knows what the team of Americans found at the site. Did they just disappear? I would think some information must have come back with them.
Lorena Cannizzaro
And you’re right, I’m also very curious about it, but to date I haven’t found any scientific publications about it, nor a survey of the site or anything else. Honestly now I have doubts even if this shipment ever took place…
Michael Browy
You state in your article that the walls are two meters in height? That cannot be correct unless this structure is very small. Even using the smallest wall as a guide (at two meters) the total diameter is at maximum 12 times that distance, or only about 90 feet in diameter. Am I correct or did I miss something? That is hardly the size of a village.
Lorena Cannizzaro
Look, the outermost wall has been preserved for about 2 m, the innermost structure instead has walls about 8 m high (at least the most preserved ones). Unfortunately, to date I have not found a reliable survey of the plan of the building or of its walls in order to have further information on the matter.
The Me
Best one i see, though it’s in my state
Lorena Cannizzaro
Did you happen to see it in person? Do you know anything else about it?
I find it a really interesting structure!