A new piece of early Christian Rome resurfaces from underground in the capital's southern suburbs. Between Via Appia and Via Ardeatina, within the area of the catacomb of St. Callistus, a large funerary basilica from the Constantinian era, dating bac...
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Perhaps the residences of Pompeii 's most influential families were also embellished with towers. This is the hypothesis proposed in the new study The Tower of the House of Thiasus. A new research project for the documentation and digital reconstruct...
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Archaeological investigations at the Castelseprio Archaeological Park in the province of Varese continue to yield new discoveries. The ancient fortified town, destroyed in 1287 during a war with Milan, confirms itself as a site of extraordinary histo...
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On Mount Sant'Angelo in Licata, in the province of Agrigento, excavation activities have resumed in the area of the ancient Hellenistic-Roman settlement of Finziade. The project, which brings attention back to one of Sicily's centers of major histori...
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A discovery of great historical and archaeological significance has emerged in North Sinai (Egypt), where an Egyptian mission has unearthed a large military fortress dating back to the New Kingdom era, along the famous "Horus War Route." It is one of...
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Gabii, one of the most important cities of Latium, Latium vetus, and a privileged vantage point for understanding the origins of republican Rome, continues to yield data fundamental to the history of ancient architecture and town planning. Located ab...
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The first phase of the new campaign of underwater archaeological investigations in Lake Mezzano, back in operation after a long period of suspension, has been concluded. The small body of water of volcanic origin, set in the Latera caldera in the hea...
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A unique opportunity to discover what goes on behind the scenes of an exhibition, before an artifact is displayed to the public. The Soprintendenza per l'Archeologia, le Belle Arti e il Paesaggio of the provinces of Siena, Grosseto and Arezzo promote...
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A recent scientific investigation of the charred papyri from Herculaneum, kept at the "Vittorio Emanuele III" National Library in Naples, has brought to light new information about the figure of Zeno of Citius, founder of Stoicism, that offers a nove...
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Important archaeological discoveries have emerged at the site of Tell Nabi Yunus in Nineveh, Iraq, where the German mission of the University of Heidelberg is conducting the new 2025 excavation campaign(we reported on it here). The findings, presente...
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During the works for the construction of the new methane pipeline "Cellino Attanasio-Pineto," in the territory of Atri (Teramo), in the Casoli-contrada Casabianca locality, an important archaeological discovery has emerged. The monitoring activities,...
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A project to restore and enhance the Oceane Tomb in Viterbo, on the Strada Bagni, has been launched. The tomb is part of the extensive necropolis of Poggio Giudio and is, to date, the only evidence of a painted Roman-era burial chamber so far known i...
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A new piece of history resurfaces in Iraq. In Nineveh, in the ancient capital of theAssyrian Empire located near present-day Mosul, a major joint Iraqi-German archaeological mission has unearthed a second a winged bull(another statue of a winged bull...
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Excavation campaigns conducted at the archaeological site of Troy (ancient Ilium in Turkey) have unearthed a discovery that promises to enter fully into the world archaeological literature. During research in 2025, carried out as part of the Geleceğ...
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A major archaeological discovery sheds new light on human origins in the Arabian Peninsula. The Saudi Heritage Commission has announced the discovery of the oldest human settlement known to date in the entire area, identified at the Masyoun site in n...
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Since 2023, archaeologists from Inrap (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives) have intervened several times in the cathedral of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul in Nantes, as part of the restoration of the tomb of the Du...
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