Discoveries and news in Rome

In Milan, you can admire the full-size, reconstructed colossus of Constantine the Great until the 27th of February. One of the elements of the Recycling Beauty exhibition, it is the result of a collaboration between Musei Capitolini, Fondazione Prada, and Factum Foundation, with scientific supervision directed by Claudio Parisi Presicce, the Capitoline Superintendent of Cultural Heritage.

In rural Syria, ancient Roman wells are still in use. For a population that has to endure a tragic conflict on a daily basis, wells are often the only way to survive.

In 2017, archaeologists unearthed a 149-meter section of a Roman road about 32 kilometers west of Jerusalem.

On the outskirts of the city of Pontefract (northern England), in 2017, the remains of a Roman center were found.

Valued at almost £300,000, an ancient Roman sarcophagus has been found in Blenheim Palace (Oxfordshire, England), where it served as a flowerpot for over 100 years.

In 2017, scientists using radar found the remains of a Roman temple in central Italy. The discovery took place in Falerii Novi, an abandoned town about 50 km from Rome.

In eastern Georgia, in the Kakheti region, a piece of ancient jewelry was found in 2016, which scientists linked with the gladiators of ancient Rome.

In Rome, in the city center, in 2017, during construction work for another metro line, the ruins of a Roman aqueduct were found. The remains are 20 meters below city level and are an amazing find. According to scientists, the aqueduct is dated to the 3rd century BCE.

Ancient Corinth was one of the most powerful Greek cities, which reached in the 5th century BCE number of 90,000 inhabitants. In the 2nd century CE, the city continued to thrive, as evidenced by the animation created.

In the south of Egypt, in the town of Luxor, archaeologists found the remains of a Roman city.