Italy Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Most archaeologists say excavating in Italy is as exciting as challenging. The country's rich and complex ancient history, with human habitation dating back
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient town of Fregellae, situated in the province of Frosinone between Rome and Naples in Italy, was once a significant and thriving
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It is not uncommon for archaeologists to uncover submerged ancient ruins in the waters of Italy. However, these ancient structures are sometimes not
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeological exploration of the submerged city of Baiae in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, has yielded a significant discovery on the seabed. The Roman
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Tomb of Cerberus, located in Giugliano, Naples, Italy, has recently been unsealed after 2,000 years, revealing long-hidden ancient secrets. Archaeologists, under the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Vatican is preparing for its upcoming Jubilee year in 2025, a significant event in the Catholic calendar. In anticipation, Rome has initiated
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Beautiful Venice in Italy is today recognized as one of the most charming cities in the world, and its ancient history is just
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international research team comprising scholars from the Universities of Tübingen, Siena, and Bologna conducted an analysis of cultural artifacts left by early Homo
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The discovery of a 2,000-year-old Roman tomb in Carmona, Spain, has led to a significant archaeological find. Inside the tomb, the skeletal remains
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at the Ostia Antica Archaeological Park have made remarkable new discoveries while preparing an area for visitors. Ostia, the ancient port city
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - He who digs a pit for others falls in himself.' It is an old saying that has passed the test of time, and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered a remarkable Roman-era structure submerged near the Campo di Mare coastline on Italy's western coast. The submerged building on the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at the Somma Vesuviana site on the northern slopes of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy have unearthed ruins of what appears
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Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - Scientists have found evidence people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using technologically sophisticated boats about 7,000 years ago. A recent research conducted by Juan F.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Etruscans, a fascinating ancient civilization, lived between the 8th and 3rd century B.C. in what we now know as Tuscany, western Umbria, and
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Scripts, Paintings & Inscriptions
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The creation of the decimal point was a game-changer. It paved the way for the decimal system, revolutionizing calculations across various fields. This
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Most tourists admire Terracina as a seaside resort. Unfortunately, they do not even imagine the ancient town's historical past and archaeological heritage left by
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have examined an unusual Neolithic burial in Southern Italy. The curious archaeological finding poses many questions. Researchers are attempting to determine why
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists were baffled, to say the least, when they discovered an ancient Roman necropolis containing 67 dressed skeletons buried in 57 ornate tombs.
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists have unearthed an ancient Roman temple that adds significant insights into the social change from pagan gods to Christianity within the Roman
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered a peculiar stone disk while investigating an ancient hill fort in Rupinpiccolo, northeastern Italy. The 50 cm in diameter and
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During excavations of a domus north of the house of a Leda and the Swan in Pompeii, archaeologists unearthed 13 ancient terracotta figurines.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Italy is a country rich in unique ancient treasures, and there always seems to be something more archaeologists can discover, often in the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Baths of Caracalla are undoubtedly among imperial Rome's most ambitious architectural masterpieces. Aerial view of Baths of Caracalla. Credit: Adobe Stock -
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Should you eat the food using five or three fingers? You should use a fork. At the beginning, a fork did not gain
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating at Bagno Grande in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy, have all reasons to celebrate. The 2023 excavation campaign that lasted three
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One does not need to be an art expert to recognize the value of the magnificent Golden Tree of Lucignano. Created by goldsmith
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have opened an Etruscan tomb that has remained sealed for about 2,600 years. The double-chambered tomb located in the Osteria necropolis in
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Italy could hardly believe their eyes when they opened a mysterious ancient chamber tomb in the municipality of Giugliano in Campania,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists found a curious ancient artifact while excavating in a cave in Poggio Nativo, Lazio, Italy. The object in question has been described
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - "What an artist dies with me!" The Roman Emperor Nero (AD 54 until AD 68) reportedly uttered those famous last words before his
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - When Mount Vesuvius erupted on the morning of August 24, 79 A.D., life ended in the ancient city of Pompeii. A great cloud
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Evolution
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Long before the invention of agriculture, humans already knew how to process cereals and other wild plants into a flour suitable for food—and
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 2,000-year-old fresco discovered on the wall of a house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii depicts what could be described as
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A large Roman marble head has been discovered at the bottom of Lake Nemi in the Lazio region of Italy 30 km (19
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists have discovered rare, well-preserved cloth fragments, dwellings, baskets, weaving swords, and much more while examining a site near Rome, Italy. The
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in York have used 3D scans to study the Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the bodies of adults and
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AncientPages.com - Recent excavations at the Villa of the Quintilii uncovered the remains of a unique winery just outside Rome. The mid-third-century CE building located along the Via Appia Antica portrays a
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists have discovered an amazing ancient temple with marble altars at the bottom of the sea of Pozzuoli in the Italian region of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - 'Altar of Twelve Gods', also called the Sanctuary of the Twelve Gods was found at Gabii, Italy. This valuable piece of sculpture represents the twelve
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A mysterious ancient stone structure was discovered while laying a fiber optic cable in Torreano, a town of 2,060 inhabitants in Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Tomb and urn images shed light on the intricacies of Etruscan and Roman civilization at least 2,000 years ago, reviving it for modern
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