Train services between Rome and Pompeii
The culture ministry confirms that Italy will continue to offer direct train services between Rome and Pompeii on Sundays throughout 2024.
The train from Rome to Pompeii has started
Direct train service began between Pompeii, founded in 5000 BC, and the immortal city of Rome.
A new Aphrodite?
A “magnificent, pristine” marble head was found during work in Rome’s historic centre. The newly found head of “elegant workmanship” will likely belong to a female divinity, perhaps Aphrodite.
New Discoveries in Pompeii: three victims and Frescoes
Bone remains found which, in all probability, belong to two women and a ¾-year-old child who had found refuge in a bakery during the eruption of 79 AD.
Historical lights that rise in Salerno… In Paestum, discoveries in the temple
New finds that shed light on the story have been discovered in the sanctuary discovered along the walls of the ancient city of Magna Graecia in the province of Salerno.
Traces of the Roman Empire: Roman statue found in Constantinople
At Saraçhane Archaeology Park, where the Church of St. Polyeuctus is situated, excavation work by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) teams found a statue that is thought to date back to the Roman era.
Footprints of Roman Emperor: Sphinx representing Emperor Claudius found in Egypt
Egypt archaeologists uncover a sphinx statue of a Roman emperor with a smiling face. The team also unearthed a Roman-era stele, or stone slab, engraved in both hieroglyphic and demotic scripts, the text pending translation.
An important discovery – 24 intact Etruscan and Roman bronze statues have been found
Protected for 2300 years by mud, a votive deposit never seen before has re-emerged from the excavations of San Casciano dei Bagni, in Tuscany, with over 24 highly refined bronze statues, five of which are almost a meter high, all intact and in perfect state of conservation.
Roman sarcophagus found in Türkiye
A two-thousand-year-old sarcophagus, which is considered to belong to a Roman general, was found in the olive grove, which was declared a protected area in Bursa’s Iznik district.