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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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A 3,000-year-old clay figurine thought to portray an ancient goddess has been discovered in a volcanic lake in central Italy. Archaeologists think the object was a votive figurine that was probably crafted so prayers could be directed to it. Its features are only crudely finished, but the figurine still bears the handprints of whoever made it, as w...

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In Trentino, in Fiavé, in the heart of the Giudicarie Valleys, between Lake Garda and the majestic Brenta Dolomites, are the remains of one of the most important settlements of European prehistory. It will seem like taking a plunge into the past, back to the time of our Bronze Age ancestors, by visiting the Fiavé Pile Dwelling Museum. The Archeo Na...

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Another testimony of the Romans’ love for wine, in addition to the profound competence with which they produced it: in San Gimignano, in the Vernaccia area - already suitable for centuries - a cellar from over 1,800 years ago was discovered during an archaeological excavation campaign. The location is the Roman villa of Aiano, dating back to betwee...

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Thanks to the cooperation and coordination of the technical service of Underwater Archaeology of the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for Genoa and La Spezia and the National Superintendence for Underwater Cultural Heritage, the bronze statue of the Christ of the Abyss was cleaned up by carrying out underwater maintenance wor...

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Archaeologists have found a stone wall in an Italian forest that the Roman army used during its standoff with legendary gladiator Spartacus, who led a slave revolt against Rome over 2,000 years ago. The mossy wall is located in the Dossone della Melia forest in Calabria, a region in the “toe” of Italy’s boot, according to a statement from the Archa...

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