In Egypt, a monumental head of Ramses II, the remains of a second royal statue, and a block of pink granite bearing hieroglyphic inscriptions have been unearthed during emergency archaeological excavations conducted at Behbeit el-Hagar, in…
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An ancient monument nearly 100 meters long and over 50 meters wide has been unearthed in Taxila, Pakistan, thanks to excavations by the Italian Archaeological Mission of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The complex, identified as…
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Transforming Pompeii into a major center for education, as well as for field research: this is the project that Giuseppe Fiorelli envisioned over 150 years ago and that is now being revived through a new initiative by the Archaeological…
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Founding a city means making decisions about the distribution of space, resources, defense, and the form of government. These are the premises of ELEA. A CITY TO BE FOUNDED., the video game presented on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 10…
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News Focus Ancient art Archaeology Calabria Returns
There is a profound distortion in the way we view things we do not know; it is present in our perspective on cultural heritage and even on human relationships: it is the tendency to distort their meaning and, above all—in the case of works…
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In Kayalıpınar, in central Turkey, an archive dating back about 3,400 years provides new insights into the organization of the Hittite state, health and military emergencies, and the religious practices of the court. Excavations conducted…
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Technology is being integrated into Turkey’s strategies for protecting its archaeological heritage with a new aerial surveillance system installed in the ancient city of Sardis and in the area of the Bin Tepe coastal mounds, in the…
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A small roll of film, a few photos taken in Centuripe, and a wedding photograph from 1979 helped reconstruct the history of the Centuripe pyx—the precious 3rd-century B.C. terracotta vessel thatthe Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam has…
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