Wreck of ancient Roman cargo ship found off the coast near Rome
Rome, Italy Reuters The wreck of an ancient Roman cargo ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast near Rome, the arts squad of Italy’s Carabinieri police said on Friday. A view of amphorae found by Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in a wreck of an ancient […]
Two more victims of volcano eruption found in Roman ruins of Pompeii
Rome, ItalyReuters Two skeletons have been found in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city wiped out by an eruption of volcano Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, the Italian Culture Ministry said on Tuesday. The skeletons were recovered from a building known as the “House of the Painters at Work”, and are probably […]
Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning
Vatican CityAP Scaffolding in a niche of the Vatican Museums’ Round Hall conceal from view the work of restorers who are removing centuries of grime from the largest known bronze statue of the ancient world: the gilded Hercules Mastai Righetti. For more than 150 years, the four-metre-tall figure of the half-human Roman god of strength […]
Sheep come to the rescue of Pompeii ruins
Pompeii, ItalyReuters A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under metres of pumice and ash in the calamitous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Archaeologists have uncovered only around two thirds of the 66-hectare site at Pompeii since excavations began […]
BATTLE OF CARTHAGE: TUNISIA DEMOLISHES HOMES TO PROTECT ANCIENT SITE
LAYLI FOROUDI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from north Africa…