Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

From Sharjah to Rome: the treasures of the Spice Route on display at the Roman Forum

Rome welcomes a journey through the history of trade between East and West with the exhibition From Sharjah to Rome along the Spice Route, set up in the Curia Iulia in the heart of the Roman Forum. The initiative is a collaboration between the Coloss...
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Pompeii, a large frescoed banquet hall with megalography dedicated to the procession of Dionysus emerged

More than a century after the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, during recent excavations conducted in the central area of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, in insula 10 of Regio IX, a large banquet hall decorated with a monumental frieze with ...
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US returns 107 stolen archaeological artifacts to Italy

The United States will return as many as 107 ancient artifacts toItaly : this was announced in these hours by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. The total value of the artifacts amounts to 1.2 million euros: these objects were recovered a...
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The ship Alkedo, the flagship of the Museum of Ancient Ships in Pisa

It was most likely called Alkedo, meaning "alcyone," the name of a bird typical of sea areas. And it is probably the best known of the Roman ships discovered around Pisa. A large ship made of holm oak and pine wrecked in the first century A.D., a riv...
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Milan, subway tunnel opens at Sant'Ambrogio: you can see the ancient city walls

Starting today, Milan citizens and tourists moving between the M2 and M4 subway stations in Sant'Ambrogio will be able to take advantage of a new tunnel that allows them to switch from one line to the other without having to go outside. This is an im...
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Reconstructing the Stoic thought of Chrysippus with Herculaneum papyri: the international study by the University of Turin

An ambitious project to reconstruct the thought of the Stoic philosopher Chrysippus of Soli (3rd century B.C.), a central figure in the development of logic, physics and ethics in the philosophical tradition, kicks off at theUniversity of Turin's Dep...
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Important discovery in Luxor, Egypt: the tomb of Thutmose II, the last royal of the 18th Dynasty

After a century of research and speculation, comes one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years that opens a new chapter in the history ofancient Egypt: in fact, the tomb of Thutmose II, the fourth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty,...
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Florence, at TourismA 2025 the future of technological and innovative archaeological excavations

Constellations of satellites, drones, artificial intelligence and georadar are revolutionizing the way we explore the subsurface, allowing us to locate archaeological sites without the need to excavate. This transformation facilitates the protection ...
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