Archaeology

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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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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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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Stelvio Park: thousands of 210 million-year-old dinosaur footprints emerge in the Alps

In the heart of the central Alps, in an area that will be the focus of international attention in the coming years for the holding of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, scientific research is confronted with a discovery of exceptional magnitude. In V...
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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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New excavations at Versailles unveil secrets of courts and north terrace

Two new excavation campaigns conducted in 2025 inside the Château de Versailles have unearthed hitherto little-known elements of the courts of the Queen's and Dauphin's apartments on the south side and the north terrace. The two excavation campaigns...
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A team of archaeologists from Pompeii is restoring a Saudi Arabian city abandoned in the 1980s

Pompeii Archaeological Park is engaged in the restoration of a Saudi Arabian city abandoned in the 1980s. The intervention is part of the cooperation agreement between Pompeii and the Royal Commission for AlUla. In fact, a team of archaeologists, re...
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Valentinian Bridge bronzes return to the public in MNR's new display

From December 5, 2025, to April 12, 2026, the National Roman Museum presents at Palazzo Massimo the exhibition Submerged Memories: the bronzes of the Valentinian Bridge, an exhibition project that brings to the public's attention a group of works tha...
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Important discovery at Vulci: a maiden's head found, a rare example of Greek statuary in Etruscan territory

Important archaeological find in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci: it is the Greek marble head of a young woman (a Kore), discovered during excavations conducted as part of the ministerial grant related to the "Vulci Cityscape" project, promoted by...
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Pompeii, new findings on slave feeding in the villa of Civita Giuliana

Enslaved people in some cases seem to have receivedbetter nutrition than free individuals. This hypothesis, suggested by written sources, is now finding new confirmation in the excavations of the villa of Civita Giuliana near Pompeii, financed with ...
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Discovered the function of the double wall of the Minoan palace in Crete. Here's what it was used for

A seemingly unusual building technique, far removed from the usual architectural focus of the Minoans, emerged clearly in the 2025 excavation campaign of the Palace of Archanes, at Tourkoyeitonia on the island of Crete , Greece, at the center of the ...
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Traces of human activity dating back 6,000 years discovered in Westminster

Archaeological investigations at the Palace of Westminster complex in London's West End have uncovered evidence of human activity dating back nearly 6,000 years, more than a millennium earlier than the earliest Stonehenge structures. It consists of m...
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Work started at Villa Sora: excavation and consolidation at north front

The Herculaneum Archaeological Park has announced the start of excavation and consolidation work at Villa Sora, the Roman residential complex located in Torre del Greco. The intervention, expected to last about two months, will affect in particular t...
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A section of the Messapian walls discovered during work at Manduria (Taranto) station

The redevelopment of the F.S.E railway station in Manduria (Taranto), initiated as part of the HUB Project funded through the PNRR and implemented by Ferrovie del Sud Est, has led to the discovery of a new section of the Messapian fortifications. The...
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Hera Sanctuary on the Sele River reopens with new archaeological trail

After eleven years of closure, one of the most important sites ofancient Poseidonia (present-day Paestum) is finally accessible again. The Sanctuary of Hera Argiva, located at the mouth of the Sele River, had been closed to the public in 2014 followi...
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