Archaeology

Culture
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 06/22/2014 - 03:00
The system of the Civic Museums of Rome, which includes museums and archeological sites of great artistic and historical value in the Italian capital, can now…
Travel
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 06/18/2014 - 03:38
After more than two years, the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento can again be visited by train. And not just a regular train, but a vintage one. The railway…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 06/12/2014 - 02:30
The Mausoleum of Romulus within the Circus of Maxentius on Rome’s Appian Way has reopened to the public after more than 20 years. The mausoleum was dedicated…
Culture
by Carol King | Fri, 05/16/2014 - 13:55
Sitting on the white stone tiers of the Teatro Greco amphitheatre in Siracusa (Syracuse) Sicily, you can see Ancient Greek tragedy come alive. Designed c. 500…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 04/25/2014 - 02:00
Their embrace goes back at least 6,000 years, but they only became famous in 2007, when their tomb was discovered in Valdaro, near Mantua. Now, after a long…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 04/24/2014 - 02:30
A previously undiscovered part of the ancient Roman port of Ostia has been unearthed and it is larger than Pompeii, a team of archelogists working on the site…
Travel
by Barry Lillie | Wed, 04/16/2014 - 20:15
Many holidaymakers staying along the Amalfi coast will undertake the 72-minute drive north to visit the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii. However,…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 04/13/2014 - 02:00
As used as we are to be writing about Pompeii in regards to collapses or thefts, we are happy this time to report on some good news: three of his most…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati | Mon, 04/07/2014 - 12:27
A group of Franciscan monks in Rome is turning to Kickstarter to finance the restoration of the tiny cell where St. Francis is said to have stayed when…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 03/25/2014 - 00:15
The Giants of Monte Prama, mysterious statues from the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia dating back to the 9th and 8th centuries BC, have been restored and are…