Archaeology

by Carol King | Mon, 08/26/2013 - 06:30
words by Carol King Archaeologists have located anchors off the Sicilian island of Pantelleria dating to the Punic Wars in the third century BC. Thirty…
Culture
by Carol King | Wed, 08/21/2013 - 06:30
A team of archaeologists, historians, engineers and experts in Christian antiquities have inaugurated an important archaeological site in Rome. The site is…
Culture
by Carol King | Sat, 08/17/2013 - 06:30
An archaeology student unearthed an 1,800-year-old carved stone head thought to represent a Roman god. The artefact was found in an ancient rubbish dump at…
Culture
by Carol King | Fri, 08/16/2013 - 06:30
The cargo of an ancient Roman ship has been found in the sea off Sicily. It was located at a depth of 130 to 165 feet underwater at the port of Filicudi, one…
by Carol King | Wed, 07/31/2013 - 09:53
words by Carol King A team of archaeologists is conducting a search for a “missing” Ancient Roman fort thought to be buried in the Scottish countryside. BBC…
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by Carol King | Fri, 07/26/2013 - 06:37
A show at Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo museum displays stolen Italian artworks, frescoes, artefacts and antiques that have been recovered by the state. Called ‘…
Culture
by Carol King | Thu, 07/25/2013 - 06:31
Frescoes at the Villa dei Misteri (Villa of Mysteries) at Pompeii are being restored using a laser-based technology. The laser technology is being used to…
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by Carol King | Tue, 07/23/2013 - 10:37
A Roman townhouse is believed to be lying “underneath Lincoln Castle” in Lincolnshire, England. BBC News reports that archaeologists digging at the site have…
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by Carol King | Sat, 07/20/2013 - 06:03
Archaeologists have unearthed five monumental buildings at the Villa Adriana (Hadrian’s Villa) at Tivoli, near Rome. Roman Emperor Hadrian constructed the…
by Carol King | Fri, 07/12/2013 - 08:29
Excavations at the Parco Naturalistico Archeologico di Vulci (Vulci Archaeological Naturalistic Park) north of Rome have revealed an Etruscan tomb that dates…