By Elizabeth Salthouse

Over two and a half million visitors flock annually to Pompeii to marvel at the ancient Roman city caught in time. But just half an hour outside Rome sits another well-preserved ancient Roman city, all but deserted but just as fascinating.

Instead of the volcanic dust that enveloped Pompeii and neighbouring Herculaneum near Naples, the coastal city of Ostia Antica simply silted up after the fall of the Roman Empire, surviving down through the centuries covered in a thick layer of mud. Today its streets, shops, amphitheatre and houses are silent except for the incessant buzz of cicadas; let's take a stroll back through time to explore this ancient treasure.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano