The Award was established in 2005 in the name of “Paestum” and from 2018, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Tomb of the Diver, named after Mario Napoli (archaeologist and scholar of Magna Graecia, Archaeological Superintendent of Sa, Av, Bn in 1964 when the Porta Rosa came to light in Velia, a singular construction complex of the II-III century BC and in 1968, about 1.5 km south of Paestum in the Tempa del Prete necropolis, the Tomba del Diver, the only evidence in the Greek context of non-vascular painting, which he dated to about 480 BC).

It is assigned to personalities and organizations that contribute, with their commitment, to intercultural dialogue, the enhancement of cultural heritage, the promotion of archaeological tourism.

2023

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Gianfranco Ravasi
Presidente emerito del Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura
École française de Rome Parco Archeologico del Colosseo
 

Pompeii

Parco Archeologico di Pompei

2022

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Association of Foreign Press in Italy Vatican Museums Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria
PCAS tci
Pontifical Commissin for  Sacred Archaeology Touring Club Italiano

2021

Dana Firas Lina Mendoni
Dana Firas
President Petra National Trust and ICOMOS Jordan
Lina Mendoni
Minister of Culture and Sports – Greece
Enrico Ducrot Willy Fassio Maurizio Levi
Enrico Ducrot
Founder Viaggi dell’Elefante
Willy Fassio
Founder Il Tucano Viaggi Ricerca
Maurizio Levi
Founder I Viaggi di Maurizio Levi
club Icom Italia icomos2
Archeoclub d’Italia
50th anniversary
ICOM Italia
International Council of Museums
ICOMOS Italia
International Council on Monuments and Sites

2019

Council of British Archaeology Giovanni Nistri Tusa
Council for British Archaeology Giovanni Nistri Sebastiano Tusa postumo
Commander General of the Carabinieri
Regional Councilor for Cultural Heritage and Sicilian Identity
Unpli
UNPLI 
Unione Nazionale Pro Loco d’Italia

2018

Irina Bokova PHOEURNG SACKONA Paolo Verri
Irina Bokova Sackona Phoeurng Paolo Verri
Former Director-General UNESCO Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Director General Fondazione Matera-Basilicata 2019

2017

Antonia Pasqua Recchia
Antonia Pasqua Recchia
Counselor of the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism for the for the implementation of the reform of the Ministry, research and programming

2016

Silvia Costa Stefano De Caro Inrap
Silvia Costa Stefano De Caro INRAP
Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament ICCROM Director-General

2015

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Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie of Turin Gruppi Archeologici d’Italia Bardo Museum of Tunis
50° anniversario
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Francesco Rutelli
PresidenteAssociazione Priorità Cultura

2014

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Franck Goddio
Founder of the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology
Rai Cultura Louvre Museum
Department of Greek, Etruscans and Roman Antiquities

2013

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Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa                                        Archaeological Institute of America Viviano Domenici
Minister of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain Journalist and writer

2012

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Francesco Bandarin
Deputy Director-General of UNESCO for Culture                   
Andrea Carandini
Archaeologist
Mario Tozzi
Host of “Atlantide” – La7

2011

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Adriano La Regina                                       Ahmed Mahjub Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Archaeologist Director Archaeological site of Leptis Magna, Lybia Archaeologist and writer

2010

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Azedine Beschaouch
Archaeologist
Carlo Gambalonga
Director ANSAmed
Louis Godart
Advisor for Conservation of the Artistic Heritage – Presidency of the Italian Republic

2009

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Emanuele Greco
Director of the Italian Archaeological School of Athens              
Taleb Rifai
UNWTO Secretary-General

2008

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Prince Albert II of Monaco Jawdat Khoudary Folco Quilici
Founder of the Archaeological Museum in Gaza “Al Mathaf” Director
 carabinieri
Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale
40th anniversary

2007

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Piero Angela Colin Renfrew Domenicale de “Il Sole 24 Ore”
Author and TV host Archaeologist 25th anniversary

2006

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Mounir Bouchenaki
ICCROM Director-General
Alessandro Cecchi Paone
Author and TV host
Zahi Hawass
Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of the Antiquities of Egypt

2005

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Asma Al-Assad Roberto Giacobbo Paolo Matthiae
First Lady of the Syrian Arab Republic Host of Voyager Rai Due Archaeologist