Prehistoric cemetery discovered in Centuripe, Sicily, halts planned landfill

A prehistoric archaeological site has been accidentally discovered in Carcaci, a hamlet of Centuripe in the province of Enna, Sicily. The find was made by the mayor and local volunteers on agricultural and grazing land slated for conversion into a public landfill. The site consists of nine rock-cut chamber tombs, rectangular and circular in shape, possibly dating to the Iron Age and Bronze Age respectively. The municipality reported the discovery to the Soprintendenza di Enna. The area, of private property near Randazzo but administratively part of Centuripe, is crossed by streams and an aqueduct from Ancipa and Pozzillo supplying water to the Simeto and Catania. Currently used for organic grazing, it has no special constraints. Mayor Salvatore La Spina opposes the landfill, citing the ecological and now historical value of the area, as well as the livelihoods of over 500 residents and thousands of sheep and cattle. He argues that planning such a facility without prior survey is absurd and vows to fight alongside neighboring municipalities, farmers, and herders against what he calls an environmental outrage.