Jean-Marc Moret


Jean-Marc Moret is a Swiss archaeologist and art historian. He was a professor of art history and archaeology at the Université Louis Lumière . He took part in the excavation in Metaponto with Antonio De Siena and in Palmyra with the Polish team led by Michal Gawlikowski. He also started two excavations in Italy, in Ostia Antica and in Garaguso. He is known as a major specialist of ancient iconography. His master work, l'Ilioupersis dans la céramique Italiote, is considered to be an important publication on South Italian vase painting and iconography.

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He began excavating in 1999 the so-called Schola del Traiano at Ostia Antica. In 2008, he began excavating the so-called Vigna Manzi at Garaguso.