Archaeology
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 11/03/2016 - 01:00
Where can you see 8,000 years of human history in carvings?
Head to Lombardy’s Val Camonica, one of the largest valleys of the central Alps, home to one of the…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 04/13/2016 - 00:00
Greeks began to settle in Southern Italy in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, exporting their culture, which would later influence the Roman world. They colonized…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 11/03/2015 - 02:00
We recently featured an article where we took readers on a stroll along the Roman Forum. Now add this to your stroll as a new fascinating site just opened in…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 09/04/2015 - 02:00
The Regional Park of the Appia Antica, just outside of Rome's city center, makes for a perfect day trip, especially on Sunday and national holidays, when the…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 08/18/2015 - 06:50
“Tangible and significant improvements”: thus UNESCO has described the state of affairs at Pompeii in a report early this year, recognizing the “considerable…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 07/30/2015 - 02:00
Sardinia’s archeological treasure - 8,000 nuraghi, ancient megalithic buildings found nowhere else in the world - is now available online for everyone to enjoy…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Fri, 07/24/2015 - 00:00
Improvements at the archeological site of Pompeii continue with the restoration of one of its most famous symbols: the dog mosaic found in the vestibule of the…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/28/2015 - 02:00
A major exhibition about the role of Pompeii as an inspiration for artists opened this week at the National Archeological Museum of Naples and, simultaneously…
Culture
by Katia Amore | Mon, 03/09/2015 - 11:32
Last Friday, two American tourists decided it would be ok to carve a memorable souvenir of their visit on the Colosseum's walls.
The two women from California…
Culture
by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/03/2015 - 02:00
A new x-ray technique has allowed scientists to decipher letters from Herculaneum papyri carbonized by the 79 AD eruption that also destroyed Pompeii.
In 1752…
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