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A complex investigation and seizure activity carried out by the Carabinieri of the Nucleo Tutela Patrimonio Culturale, coordinated by the Perugia Public Prosecutor’s Office, unearthed numerous Etruscan artifacts found from clandestine excavations and deemed to be of “exceptional historical and artistic value.” In economic terms, the entire “treasur...

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Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, a Christian basilica once stood in a Roman military colony. Thousands of years later, it was unearthed. The major discovery near Aquileia (Friuli Venezia Giulia), now a town of approximately 3,000, gives insight into the intersection between the former metropolis and the easte...

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Rome's urban landscape was transformed over the centuries by floods, earthquakes, wars and cultural changes, as evidenced by the city's underground remains. Rome is a city where modern life and ancient ruins coexist. However many tourists are surprised to discover that a sizable chunk of ancient Rome is buried beneath the present city, often up to...

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Footprints of amphibians and reptiles, but also plants, seeds, skin imprints and even raindrops: it's a real fossilized ecosystem on very fine-grained sandstone slabs that has been discovered in the Orobie Valtellinesi Park in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy. The find, unearthed by melting snow and ice caused by climate change on Alpine peaks, pr...

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Archaeologists have discovered ancient altars and inscribed marble slabs submerged along the Italian coast near Naples. The finds are likely the remains of a 2,000-year-old temple built by immigrants from Nabataea, an ancient kingdom on the Arabian Peninsula whose rock-carved "Treasury" featured in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." However, the...

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A series of underwater caves off the southern coast of Sicily holds clues about Ice Age-era human migration. A team of ‘citizen scientists’ — including a tugboat captain and both recreational and Italian navy divers — helped discover them. The findings, reported in PLOS ONE, describe 25 caves and rock shelters that show signs of human occupation fr...

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Archaeological surveys led by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis suggest that coastal and underwater cave sites in southern Sicily contain important new clues about the path and fate of early human migrants to the island. A new study in PLOS ONE reports and assesses the contents of 25 caves and rock shelters, most of them first identi...

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Although the German Johann Joachim Winckelmann is generally considered the father of modern archaeology, it’s important to note that this science didn’t suddenly appear in the 18th century but had roots hundreds of years earlier, particularly in the Italian Renaissance, which revived Greco-Roman artistic and cultural classicism. Consequently, one m...

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Thursday, October 10, 2024 6:30pm. Kimball Library - 5 Academy Ave, Atkinson, NH. Hosted By: Atkinson Historical Society. Register HERE. Rome and Pompeii were part of the "Grand Tour" for upper-class elite from the 17th through the 19th centuries, and remain today the primary sites through which we reach back into the Roman empire's past. R. Scott...

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Nestled Campania region of southern Italy, Paestum is a treasure trove of ancient history. Visitors are stunned to witness the ancient city’s architecture and serene landscapes. This once-thriving Greek city, founded in the 6th century BC, before the Roman Republic, offers visitors a unique glimpse into the past with its well-preserved temples, ric...

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