Modern building starkly contrasts with old Rome
Al Gore will attend the Festival of Journalism in Perugia
April 20, 2010 1 Comment
ROME — The International Festival of Journalism was founded in 2006 by Arianna Ciccone and Christopher Potter with the objective of discussing journalism, information, freedom of the press and democracy following the 2.0 model. This is an event started at a lower level, open to "incursions" by users; a unique event at which leading journalists [...]
Sten and Lex are the most famous street artists on the Old Continent
March 10, 2010 1 Comment
ROME: An interview with the famous street artists
The queen’s burial chamber discovered
March 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Excavations by a team of French archaeologists in el-Shawaf, Saqqara, Egypt have brought to light the burial chamber of the queen of the Fourth Dynasty, Behenu, wife of Pepi I (Merytawy) or Pepi II (Netjerkhau). The tomb was discovered when removing sand from the Behenu pyramid. Saqqara is a vast necropolis in Egypt, [...]
The Lysippus at the Getty Museum will return to Italy
Feb. 16, 2010 4 Comments
ROME — The Lysippus will return to Italy. The statue portrays a victorious, naked and full-sized athlete and is attributed to the proto-Hellenistic sculptor Lysippus. Bought in 1977, the statue is currently on exhibit at the Getty Museum in Malibu, California. The story of this ancient statue is complicated. From the Greek mainland the Athlete, [...]
Ötzi: One of the most famous mummies in the world
Feb. 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — The Alto Adige Archaeological Museum or S¼dtiroler Arch¤ologiemuseum, centrally located in Via Museo is famous for hosting "–tzi", the Iceman, and contains all the finds in the Province of Bolzano. To obtain an exhaustive idea of the museum’s underlying theme and acquire information on guided tours as well as visits for younger members [...]
Archaeological finds discovered at American military base site
Jan. 20, 2010 1 Comment
ROME — Last June, archaeological investigations planned by the Archaeological Heritage Department began in Dal Molin in the Veneto Region, with active cooperation from the United States Army Garrison Vicenza, which was responsible for the financial aspects of this operation. These preliminary archaeological investigations were focused at providing new information to be added to the [...]
One of the mysteries of the Egyptian pyramids revealed
Jan. 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
ROME — Recent news reveals that only 12.5 miles from Cairo, near the large Giza pyramids, mud and brick tombs have been discovered, said to be the burial places of those who died during construction and dating back to the Fourth Dynasty. According to the leader of the team of Egyptian archaeologists, Zahi Hawass, the [...]
Climate change, SOS Venice
Jan. 11, 2010 1 Comment
Even the most philosophical Venetians seem concerned
Roman roads and their protection
Dec. 16, 2009 Leave a Comment
ROME — In recent weeks it emerged that during road construction to widen the Via Collatina, ancient polygon-shaped basalt road blocks were uncovered that once united Collatia and Gabi. During the imperial period, these two centers were incorporated into Rome. During the period of the Roman kings and the republican period these two towns were [...]
One click reveals 6,000 years of history
Dec. 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
The online Virtual Museum of Iraq is an Italian gem
Hadrian’s Academy unearthed?
Nov. 19, 2009 7 Comments
“Good” emperor’s place of knowledge thought to be found during subway excavation
Roman Emperor Nero’s rotating dining room found
Nov. 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
ROME — It had always been thought that Nero’s famous dining room, which actually revolved day and night, simulating the earth’s movement, coincided with the octagonal room situated on the Colle Oppio. However, in the course of reinforcing work carried out on the Palatine, the real coenatio rotunda emerged. Excavations in the Vigna Barberini area [...]
