Rome archaeology and stuff

Articles, news, and photos about archaeology and discoveries in Rome and Italy

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2025-05-27

ancient statue of the ‘weary Hercules’ at the Roman villa of the Quintilii on the via Appia. @parcoappia

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2025-05-26

The circular Doric temple at the villa of the emperor Hadrian at Tivoli.

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2025-05-25

Part of an basalt quarry (the stone used for paving roads) on the via Appia, near the tomb of Caecilia Metella.

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2025-05-23

terracotta water pipes reused in the windows of a 20th century villa on the via Appia (now the archive of Antonio Cederna at Capo di Bove). @parcoappia

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2025-05-22
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2025-05-20

The freshly cleaned and freed from scaffolding, the colossal statues of Castor and Pollux on the Capitoline Hill.

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2025-05-19

The column to the emperor Marcus Aurelius is now entirely encased in scaffolding.

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2025-05-18

Two marble columns framing one of the niches inside the Pantheon, with its exposed brick wall, stripped of the marble panelling.

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2025-05-17

The top of the tomb of the consul Hirtius who was killed in battle fighting Mark Antony in 43BC, underneath Palazzo Cancelleria.

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2025-05-16
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2025-05-15

Part of the architectural decoration from the tomb of the emperor .

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2025-05-13

An bust of the Pharaoh Amenemhet III. It was already some 1800 years old when taken to in the first century. Located in the Iseum it was later moved to the Pantheon.

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2025-05-12

The arches of the aqueduct the Aqua Claudia.

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2025-05-10

Two granite columns and a fragment of marble entablature from the baths of the emperor Alexander Severus.

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2025-05-09

An fourth century mosaic discovered in a house on the Caelian Hill, now in a reading room of the Italian Geographical Society.

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2025-05-06

An sarcophagus, reused in the 16th century to bury two Cardinals who were brothers.

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2025-05-05

The various tombs of the necropolis on the via Ostiense in .

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2025-05-04

The feet of one of the Caryatid sculptures from the forum of Augustus, with possibly the name of the sculptor carved into the base.

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2025-05-03

The of an house, with staircase and marble floor, as well as two collapsed statues, underneath Palazzo Valentini.

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