The artifact - discovered at Uşaklı Höyü - corresponds to ancient Zippalanda, a sacred city of the Storm God, one of the major religious centres of Late Bronze Age Anatolia
"Global Antiquity", co-curated by Salvatore Settis, Anna Anguissola and Chiara Ballestrazzi, will be on display in Milan from 5 November 2026 to 1 March 2027
There are 201 granite columns in the city, an impressive presence that tells the story of Pisa’s power, its trade networks and its political role as a “new Rome”