History

by ITALY | Wed, 06/17/2009 - 06:19

A head of the Roman Emperor Titus was found Tuesday amid the latest archeological hoard to be hauled from the ruins of the ancient port of Puteoli near…

Iceman reward row settled

by ITALY | Tue, 06/16/2009 - 03:50

A long-running battle over a finder's fee for Italy's famous Iceman mummy has been settled. Authorities in this province on the Austrian border said on…

Travel

Tropea - bella bella

by Justine Bothwick | Tue, 04/14/2009 - 07:12

Words and Pictures by Justine Bothwick Where in Italy can you sit 60 metres above a white sandy beach and watch the sun drop slowly into the mouth of an…

Naples conference explores spell of Pompeii

by ITALY | Sun, 03/29/2009 - 04:12

The spell Pompeii has cast on writers, artists, historians and travellers over the centuries is the focus of a two-day international conference starting in…

Russian flagship sails to Messina

by ITALY | Sat, 01/24/2009 - 03:07

Russia's flagship cruiser Moskva set sail Friday for Messina to mark the anniversary of the Russian fleet's participation in an international aid effort after…

Museum of Jewish refugees in Italy inaugurated

by ITALY | Thu, 01/15/2009 - 04:03

A new museum opened on Wednesday dedicated to thousands of concentration camp survivors who travelled through Italy on their way to Israel after WWII.The…

Ancient Roman oil lamp brand 'from Modena'

by ITALY | Fri, 11/28/2008 - 03:57

Archaeologists have uncovered proof that the Roman Empire's most famous brand of oil lamps was made in Modena, the Emilia-Romagna archaeological…

Genoa girds for battle over jeans

by ITALY | Thu, 11/20/2008 - 03:53

Genoa is girding itself for battle over the world's best-loved fashion item, jeans, which it says originated among fishermen in the city's port over 500 years…

Rome closer to Shoah Museum

by ITALY | Tue, 11/18/2008 - 03:58

Rome came a step closer to the creation of a National Shoah Museum on Monday after a city council board gave the definitive go-ahead to the project, Rome Mayor…

Spike Lee, Nazi massacre survivors too young to remember

by ITALY | Wed, 10/08/2008 - 04:03

US director Spike Lee has fanned the flames of controversy again in Italy, suggesting survivors of a Nazi massacre in Italy were unlikely to remember the…