Desa Archaeological Camp started in 2001 as a collaboration between Muzeul Olteniei Craiova (Oltenia's Museum from Craiova) and The Faculty of History from Craiova.

Starting with the year 2001, in Desa (Dolj county), researches are conducted in two archaeological sites dating from Roman and Roman-Byzantine periods, known in literature under the names of „La Ruptura” and „Castravitza”. 

In august 2011 will be the 11th consecutive campaign in the most isolated andwildest archaeological camp from Romania (the nearest populated area is about 12 km N). The site is located on the Danube river's bank.

During the years were made very interesting and spectacular discoveries, covering a chronological area from the Bronze Age (the earliest cremation graves on the Lower Danube), Iron Age tumuli, Roman and Romn-Byzantine period ( the best preserved Roman weapons from the 4-5th century AD, a castellum and a creamtion cemetery from the 1-2nd century AD).

Desa is also important, because the castrum/castellum here was a bridgehead for the Legio XIII Gemina camped in Dacia Ripensis in Ratiaria (Ratiaria, Bulgaria).

For more infos, contact Mr. Florin Ridiche: florinridiche@yahoo.com or Marius Basceanu: mariusbasceanu@yahoo.com or www.facebook.com/mariusbasceanu 

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