Notice 27th May 2020
Associazione Internazionale di Studi sul Mediterraneo e l’Oriente ISMEO would like to convey our deep condolences to the family of Akhtar Munir. Akhtar Munir (also known as Tota) was born in Panr in 1949 to a family of humble origins. He has always been animated by an exceptional intellectual spirit. After completing primary school in the Swat State of the Miangul dynasty, he continued his self-taught cultural education. At the age of seven he impressed at Butkara I in the excavation of Domenico Faccenna, which was being opened in an area right between his school and his father's house. Adopted by the Italian Mission as a mascot, he soon stood out for his ability to recognize and reunite fragments of ancient sculptures, working on this, after school, together with Francesca Bonardi Tucci. It was thanks to...