The second phase of the CNR reorganisation process

During another phase of CNR reorganisation in 2003, the Institute of Studies on the Ancient Mediterranean (ISMA) was born in Montelibretti from the union of the Institute of Studies on Italian and Ancient Mediterranean Civilisations (ISCIMA) and the Institute of Studies on the Civilisations of the 'Aegean and Near East (ICEVO), both founded in 2001.