Emergency €37m plan for archaeological sites in Rome and Ostia
by Anthony Smith (staff) | Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has appointed a special commissioner to organise and supervise “urgently required intervention work to overcome the current perilous state,” in the archaeological areas of Rome and Ostia.
Unearthing the origins of Rome’s name
by Jan Claus Di Blasio (columnist) | Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
During the month of Rome’s traditional founding (21 April 753 BC), Jan Claus Di Blasio attempts to unravel the mystery of the name ‘Roma’
Home Sweet Imperial Home: House of Augustus reopens
by Antonino John Scoppettuolo (staff) | Monday, March 10th, 2008
Amid much fanfare last November the authorities in Rome announced the March 2008 reopening of the so-called houses “of Augustus” and “of Livia”. The announcement was made in the wake of archaeologists’ alleged discovery of the so-called Lupercal, the cave where – according to a founding Roman myth – brothers Romulus and Remus were suckled by the she-wolf. The openings are also unique in that they have set the ball-rolling precedent at the Palatine after a half-century freeze on excavations and closures to the public.
Lupercal discovery holds secrets to origins of Rome
by Anthony Smith (staff) | Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Experts believe the breathtaking discovery of an underground chamber on the Palatine Hill may be the Lupercal (‘Wolf’s Lair’) – the cave where ancient Romans believed the twin infants Romulus and Remus, who later founded the city, were nursed by a She-Wolf.
“Time Brings Roses” to the Roseto comunale
by Loredana Vullo (staff) | Wednesday, May 10th, 2006
Prepare for olfactory experience this Spring as Rome’s Roseto Communale (Municipal Rose Garden) on the Aventine Hill opens up its beds with some 1,200 varieties of roses to the fragrance-sniffing public.
