Votive deposit discovered at Valley of the Temples in Agrigento

A significant votive deposit has been unearthed during excavations on the north hill of the Temple of Juno in the Valley of the Temples archaeological park in Agrigento, Sicily. The discovery, made by a team led by Dr. Maria Concetta Parello and funded by the Sicilian Region through the Archaeological Park, includes numerous statuettes, terracotta female busts, lamps, small vases, bronze fragments, and a large quantity of bones. The deposit was found in a residential complex area, above the house's structural levels, suggesting a ritual reoccupation by Greeks after the Carthaginian sack of Akragas in 406 BC. Park director Roberto Sciarratta noted that the find confirms the area had not been previously looted. The artifacts await restoration, with assistance from an external laboratory.