Archaeology


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Basilica of Vitruvius found in Fano: "discovery of extraordinary importance"

Basilica of Vitruvius found in Fano: "discovery of extraordinary importance"

Important news comes fa Fano where some archaeological remains unearthed in the city during redevelopment work in Piazza Andrea Costa have been identified as the remains of the Basilica of Vitruvius. The official announcement was made at a press conf...
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Pompeii, thanks to new technologies ancient inscriptions resurface in the theater district

Pompeii, thanks to new technologies ancient inscriptions resurface in the theater district

A declaration of love by a woman named Erato, a depiction of a gladiator fight, and many other fragments of daily life fixed on a wall in the theater district of Pompeii Archaeological Park. Tales of love, passions, offenses and sports cheering that ...
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Sorano thermal baths, Neolithic structure discovered that testifies to use of thermal waters as early as prehistoric times

Sorano thermal baths, Neolithic structure discovered that testifies to use of thermal waters as early as prehistoric times

A stone structure dating from the Neolithic period, datable between 4495 and 4335 B.C., has been discovered in the area of the Sorano Baths in the Tuscan Maremma, in the province of Grosseto. The discovery was made as part of an ongoing archaeologica...
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Sardinia, Sant'Antioco's Egyptian Tomb resurfaces with restorations

Sardinia, Sant'Antioco's Egyptian Tomb resurfaces with restorations

Tomb 7 PGM, also known as the Tomb of the Egyptian of Sant'Antioco, Sardinia, stands out among the burials of the Punic necropolis for the exceptionality of its decorations and for the historical value that makes it unique on the island. The environm...
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Appia Antica Park, marble tympanum with marine frieze will be restored with open construction site

Appia Antica Park, marble tympanum with marine frieze will be restored with open construction site

The Arte Fuori dal Museo (Art Outside the Museum) project kicks off at the Appia Antica Archaeological Park, carried out in collaboration with the LoveItaly association and Federalberghi Lazio, with the support of Fondazione Roma. At the center of th...
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Major archaeological discoveries in Rome: a sacellum, republican tombs and monumental basins

Major archaeological discoveries in Rome: a sacellum, republican tombs and monumental basins

Two large monumental tanks, a cult building probably dedicated to Hercules and an articulated funerary complex from the Republican age: these are the latest discoveries of preventive archaeology excavations conducted in the eastern quadrant of Rome, ...
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Colosseum Park, House of the Gryphons opens to the public, also live in real time

Colosseum Park, House of the Gryphons opens to the public, also live in real time

The Colosseum Archaeological Park has opened to the public the House of the Griffins, the second intervention among the ten planned in the Caput Mundi National Recovery and Resilience Plan under Mission 1 Digitization, Innovation, Competitiveness, Cu...
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Wreck of largest medieval ship ever found emerges off Copenhagen

Wreck of largest medieval ship ever found emerges off Copenhagen

For more than six centuries, the waters off Copenhagen in Denmark have held a ship destined to redefine knowledge of navigation and trade in the Middle Ages. The discovery involves Svælget 2, the largest medieval crock (a type of ship in use du...
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Restorations at Hôtel-Dieu in Toulouse, France, unearth a walled medieval mullioned window

Restorations at Hôtel-Dieu in Toulouse, France, unearth a walled medieval mullioned window

In the context of the restoration campaigns of the facades of theHôtel-Dieu in Toulouse , France, overlooking the Garonne River and started in 2023, the third tranche of the work, which began in 2025, revealed a remarkable archaeological discov...
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Byzantine-era residential monastic complex discovered in Sohag, Egypt

Byzantine-era residential monastic complex discovered in Sohag, Egypt

The Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, working at the site of Al-Qariah Bil-Dueir, in the Tama district, Sohag governorate, Egypt, has unearthed the remains of a complete monastic residential complex, datable to th...
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The most interesting archaeological discoveries of 2025

The most interesting archaeological discoveries of 2025

What were the most interesting and surprising archaeological discoveries of 2025? We have selected some of the most significant finds. Archaeology continues to prove itself to be a constantly evolving discipline, capable of returning fragments of an...
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There was probably a large Etruscan medical school in San Casciano dei Bagni: research findings 2025

There was probably a large Etruscan medical school in San Casciano dei Bagni: research findings 2025

On Sunday, December 21, the results of the 2025 excavation campaign of the Sanctuary of Bagno Grande were presented in San Casciano dei Bagni (Siena). The site is once again confirmed as one of the most significant archaeological complexes in the ent...
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Greece, Pella Palace reborn: Alexander the Great's mansion restored

Greece, Pella Palace reborn: Alexander the Great's mansion restored

In Greece , the Palace of the ancient city of Pella, the birthplace and growth place of Alexander the Great, has been restored.The results of the work were presented the day before yesterday by Hellenic Culture Minister Lina Mendoni to the local comm...
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Aquileia, flower carpet mosaic resurfaces after more than 60 years

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

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

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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