Archaeology - Finestre sull'Arte

Aquileia, flower carpet mosaic resurfaces after more than 60 years

In recent days, in Aquileia, not far from the forum, in the garden of the former police barracks on Leicht Street, which recently became part of the Aquileia Foundation's patrimony, the mosaic of the "flower carpet" came back to light during prelimin...
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Bologna, a rare Etruscan bronze stolen in 1963 returned to the Archaeological Museum

An important piece ofEtruscan art returns to Bologna's public collections. Yesterday, in the Conference Room of Bologna's Museo Civico Archeologico, the commander of the Nucleo Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale of Bologna, Carmelo Carraffa, off...
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Pompeii, frescoes with peacocks and masks surface in the Villa of Poppaea at Oplontis

An excavation and restoration site of the Villa of Poppea is currently underway at Oplontis-Torre Annunziata, which is particularly involving the famous Hall of the Mask and the Peacock, one of the residence's most refined rooms, decorated in II styl...
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Pistoia, the Museum of the Ancient Palace of Bishops opens its new archaeological trail

The Museum of the Ancient Palace of Bishops in Pistoia will open its new archaeological itinerary on Friday, December 19, 2025. The opening marks the conclusion of a major restoration and rearrangement project, carried out thanks to the support of Fo...
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Egypt, Italian archaeological mission discovers near Cairo

An archaeological mission from theUniversity of Turin, in collaboration with theUniversity of Naples L'Orientale, has unearthed a remarkable find near Cairo. Excavations conducted at the site of Abu Ghurab have identified a valley temple within the s...
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Rome, Metro C: inaugurated the two new museum stations Colosseo/Fori Imperiali and Porta Metronia

Inaugurated in Rome are the two new museum stations Colosseo/Fori Imperiali and Porta Metronia of the new section of the Rome Metro C line. Two museum stations along 4 kilometers of track, which are also intended to enhance the discoveries uncovered ...
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Florence, Palazzo Vecchio excavations with remains of Roman theater return open to visitors after five years

The Florentine Civic Museums, in collaboration with Fondazione MUS.E, are reopening to the public, after five years, the archaeological excavations of Palazzo Vecchio, spaces that preserve important evidence of Florentine urban history from Roman tim...
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Found at Gela in Sicily an extremely rare potter's stylus from the 5th century BC.

A find of considerable historical and archaeological interest has been unearthed in the Orto Fontanelle area in Gela , Sicily, where preventive archaeology activities have returned an object unusual in quality and preservation. It is a bone potter's ...
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