Around the World May/June 2020
ITALY
Digs & Discoveries July/August 2012
What Ailed the Iceman?
Digs & Discoveries July/August 2012
Roman Ship's Secret Cargo
Italian archaeologists have uncovered evidence of smuggling between North Africa and Italy on a third-century A.D. shipwreck off the west coast of Sicily. The most complete Roman ship ever found, the 52-by-16-foot merchant vessel was carrying amphorae filled with walnuts, figs, olives, wine, oil, and fish sauce from Tunisia to Rome when it sank.
Features March/April 2012
Rome's Lost Aqueduct
Searching for the source of one of the city's greatest engineering achievements
Features January/February 2012
Pompeii, Italy
While plans are underway for a massive influx of funds from the European Union that will take a significant step in preserving the site in the future, the Roman city of Pompeii remains gravely imperiled.
Around the World September 1, 2011
ITALY
Features September 1, 2011
Pompeii's Dead Reimagined
An artist interprets the ancient city's most evocative artifacts.
Around the World July 1, 2011
ITALY
hree skeletons, dating from between A.D. 500 and 700 from Campochiaro, are providing a glimpse of medieval wartime medicine.
Features July 1, 2011
Assisi's Roman Villa
A surprise discovery under a medieval Italian town square.
Around the World May 1, 2011
ITALY
On the outskirts of Rome, archaeologists stumbled across a stash of large, finely carved statue fragments, including five heads and a life-size statue of a naked Zeus.
