Discoveries and news in Rome

An exhibition of Etruscan art – “Gli Etruschi” is being prepared at the National Archaeological Museum MANN in Naples. The museum presents an advertising video.

In Forum Romanum, a temple and sarcophagus were discovered, which researchers believe may have been dedicated to Romulus – the founder and legendary first king of Rome.

The National Archaeological Museum in Naples will open soon the section concerning the times of the oldest settlements in Campania. On this occasion, in the attached promotional video you can see some of the greatest treasures of the museum from the Greek and Roman times.

In March 2018, a beautiful silver Roman ring showing two cobra heads was discovered in Upper Winchendon (central England). The object is dated to the middle of the 2nd century CE. Currently, the object is deformed, because originally the heads were in contact with each other.

Researchers at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome examined the preserved bone remains of a young woman who lived in Italy 2,000 years ago. The conclusions are that the woman could use as medicines, roots and herbs, which were only available in China.

More than 6,000 people signed a petition to preserve the remains of a Roman villa discovered during construction work in Cam, County Gloucestershire (West England).

The ancient sewer systems of the Pompeii are in such good condition that the current authorities want to start using them again. Some tunnels – about 450 meters long – have already been evaluated by specialists.

In 1992 there was an amazing discovery. In a field in the town of Hoxne, in the east of England, farmer Eric Lawes excavated a huge treasure from Roman times. As it turned out, the man did not look for historical artifacts, but only tried to find his lost hammer.

In the south of France, in Narbon, the remains of the Roman necropolis were found. So far, 300 graves have been excavated from the ground, dating back to the 1st-2nd century CE.

A campaign has recently been launched to protect the remains of a Roman villa in Cam, County Gloucestershire (western England).