Vanished Rome
ROME -- This is not a time-machine but it comes close. It is called "ROMA SPARITA" and it is a group formed on Facebook dedicated to the Eternal City. The group has over 70 thousand members but the n...
Rome’s new Maxxi museum to open on May 30
Modern building starkly contrasts with old Rome
Al Gore will attend the Festival of Journalism in Perugia
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 follow...
Sten and Lex are the most famous street artists on the Old Continent
ROME: An interview with the famous street artists
The Lysippus at the Getty Museum will return to Italy
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...
Ötzi: One of the most famous mummies in the world
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 ...
Archaeological finds discovered at American military base site
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...
One click reveals 6,000 years of history
The online Virtual Museum of Iraq is an Italian gem
Hadrian’s Academy unearthed?
"Good" emperor's place of knowledge thought to be found during subway excavation
Roman Emperor Nero’s rotating dining room found
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,...
