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2,000-Year-Old Mosaic from Caligula's ‘Orgy Ship’ Goes from Coffee Table to Returned Relic
... in New York, and now it's finally been returned home to Italy. A valuable piece of mosaic flooring from one of ... Side in New York, and now it's finally returned home in Italy. From Rome to New York and Back Again The square slab ... News reported in 2017, the precious artifact, stolen from Italy's Roman Ship Museum after World War II, was seized by ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 19/03/2021 - 19:33
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'Vampire Burial' An Effort to Prevent a Child's Infectious Return From the Grave
... of a 10-year-old's body at an ancient Roman site in Italy suggests measures were taken to prevent the child, ... of a 10-year-old's body at an ancient Roman site in Italy suggests measures were taken to prevent the child, ... and Stanford University, along with archaeologists from Italy, included a skull with a rock intentionally inserted ...
ancient-origins - 12/10/2018 - 19:03
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Discovery of Bronze Age Fortifications on Ustica Island
... ( Russolillo, A. et al ) Probing More Deeply into Ancient Italy’s Most Heavily Fortified Settlement Led by researchers from Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology ... Lost Medieval and Renaissance Castle Complex Discovered in Italy The enclosing wall of the village of the ...
Nathan Falde - 06/01/2024 - 13:57
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Hannibal: The Carthaginian General Who Took on the Romans
... the Romans, and succeeded in seizing parts of southern Italy. The Carthaginians, however, were unable to score a ... was to bring the war to the Romans by directly invading Italy. Having left his brother, another Hasdrubal, in charge ... and Iberia, Hannibal assembled an army for the invasion of Italy. According to Polybius, this army consisted of about ...
dhwty - 12/06/2021 - 22:55
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The Historical Count of Saint-Germaine: Elusive, Enigmatic and Eternal
... raised and tutored by the wealthy Medici banking family of Italy, explaining his astounding intellect as an adult. The ... and extremely powerful and influential Medici family of Italy, is believed to have raised and tutored Saint-Germaine, ... health. He told the infamous Giacomo Girolamo Casanova of Italy that he only ate a secret type of food (considered by ...
Riley Winters - 26/05/2015 - 00:53
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A Boy, to Vei, to Venus? Piecing Together the Puzzle of the Etruscan Orvieto Necropolis
... interesting stories comes from an ancient site in Orvieto, Italy, where researchers found a beautiful statue and a small ... Ancient Etruscan Underground Pyramids Discovered in Italy Rich Tomb of an Etruscan Princess Discovered in Italy The Mystery of the Necropolis Archaeologists unearthed ...
Natalia Klimczak - 07/12/2016 - 00:52
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The Medici Dynasty: Unraveling the Legacy of the Masters of Florence
... from 1230 AD. Originally coming from the Mugello region of Italy, the origin of their name is unknown. Medici itself is ... ancestors acted as doctor in the region. Until 1298 Italy’s banking center was the city of Siena, and its ... business acumen, his uncle had successfully managed one of Italy's largest banks for decades, laying the groundwork for ...
Robbie Mitchell - 04/04/2024 - 22:17
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14,000-year-old Footprints in Italian Cave Reveal Ancient Human Behavior
... Heritage Office of Liguria, researchers from Italy, Argentina, and South Africa used multiple approaches ... were made about 14,000 years ago in a cave in northern Italy. Shown here are three of the footprints, made on ... geology department at MUSE -- Trento Museum of Science, Italy. "We hope our approach will be useful for painting ...
ancient-origins - 15/05/2019 - 23:57
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Mysterious Origins of the Etruscans: DNA Study Solves the Riddle
... of the Etruscans, an advanced Iron Age peoples in central Italy. A new study published in the journal Science Advances ... of the Etruscans, an advanced Iron Age peoples in central Italy. For the study, scientists from the Max Planck ... the remains of 82 humans living in central and southern Italy between 800 BC and 1000 BC to genome sequencing. The ...
Sahir - 27/09/2021 - 14:51
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Did Iconic Renaissance Artist Raphael Die From Too Much Sex?
... as Raphael) was a painter and architect who lived in Italy between the late 15th and early 16th centuries, during ... as Raphael) was a painter and architect who lived in Italy between the late 15th and early 16th centuries, during ... , in the Marche region, which lies on the east coast of Italy. Raphael’s father was Giovanni Santi, who worked as a ...
dhwty - 20/11/2019 - 16:20
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Belisarius: Powerful General of the Byzantine Empire
... mosaic beside Justinian, Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy ( Wikimedia Commons ) With the arrival of peace, ... Justinian’s next target was the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Italy, and Belisarius was given command of the army in 535 ... east to deal with the Sassanians again, but was back in Italy in 545 AD to quell an uprising by the Ostrogoths. Wood ...
dhwty - 17/09/2015 - 15:41
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The Haunted Plague Island of Poveglia: A Dark and Twisted Past
... located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy, and is one of the country's darkest secrets. The ... Out of fear that the disease would continue to infect Italy, the island of Poveglia was converted into a quarantine ... Carlton, G. 2022, May 14. Inside Italy's 'island of ghosts,' where 160,000 plague victims were ...
Lex Leigh - 12/03/2023 - 17:58
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Did the Roughly-Hewn Stone Throne at Torcello Really Belong to Attila the Hun?
... In 452 AD, Attila the Hun and his armies descended upon Italy, leaving a swath of destruction in their wake. Led by ... of Attila’s armies reached the towns and pasturelands of Italy, entire cities were relocated as people fled to safer ... in the garden of the Cathedral and Museum, Torcello, Italy. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) Bearing the Weight of Religion? It is ...
Caleb Strom - 19/12/2017 - 19:00
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Exotic Goods and Foreign Luxuries: The Ancient Roman Marketplace
... and temple dedicated to the god Serapis, Pozzuoli, Italy. ( public domain ) Ancient trade routes Apart from ... world’s oldest shopping mall. Trajan’s market, Rome, Italy ( public domain ) Featured image: Roman Fish Market. ...
dhwty - 09/11/2015 - 03:47
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Ancient Murder Victim Had A Very Heavy Heart!
... near Similaun mountain on the border between Austria and Italy discovered a 5,300 year murder victim, now known as ... at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy. In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps near Similaun mountain on the border between Austria and Italy discovered a 5,300 year murder victim, now known as ...
ashley cowie - 31/05/2018 - 22:53
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Christ in the Labyrinth, Pointing to a Sacred Pilgrimage of the Knights’ Templar
... city of Alatri, in the southern district of Lazio in Italy, a fresco was discovered with the image of Christ in ... city of Alatri, in the southern district of Lazio in Italy, a fresco was discovered with the image of Christ in ... Europe, from Scandinavia to England, from France to Italy. Giancarlo Pavat , historical researcher for a Museum ...
Giancarlo Pavat - 21/08/2019 - 03:39
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Trajan's Column: An Unyielding Pillar of Imperial Strength
... Romania and a portion of Serbia). Trajan's Column - Rome, Italy . ( demerzel21 /Adobe Stock) Twining around the tower ... Trajan Column is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars in Rome, Italy . ( zatletic /Adobe Stock) Roman Propaganda Because of ...
Riley Winters - 03/09/2019 - 17:37
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A Curious Case of Linen for Papyri—Lifting the Veil off the Lack of Written Materials in Tut's Tomb
... from Theban Tomb 8 in Upper Egypt. Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy. ( CC BY 2.0 ) Kha was obviously a man who was much in ... under three consecutive rulers. Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy. DAY OF DAYS When British archaeologist Howard Carter ...
anand balaji - 14/04/2017 - 15:45
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Researchers Find Evidence for Deadly Malaria in Imperial Rome 2000 Years Ago
... mitochondrial DNA from bodies in the three cemeteries in Italy dating to the imperial period of Rome from the 1 st ... malaria distribution it is still in the same latitudes as Italy, though it is not reported there now, presumably from ... what burden it placed upon communities in Imperial Roman Italy,” she added. A mosquito pictured in an American ...
Mark Miller - 07/12/2016 - 03:47
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Saint Augustine of Hippo and His Detours on the Long and Winding Path to Christianity
... by Fra Angelico. ( Public Domain ) Teacher of Rhetoric in Italy It was in the early 380s that Augustine decided to leave Carthage for Italy. At Rome, Augustine opened a school of rhetoric, which ... The earliest known portrait of Saint Augustine. Rome, Italy. ( Public Domain ) It was in Milan that Augustine would ...
dhwty - 11/12/2015 - 03:53