Archaeology of the Mediterranean

Mary Beard is clear: “I think classical archeology has been a bit unfairly criticized” The great English classicist, a long career as a professor...

The Monti Lucretili are a mountainous area on the outskirts of Rome. Nowadays they appear as a classic Mediterranean pastoral landscape, among olive trees,...

In Summer 2021, archaeologists investigated the so called "Complesso dei Riti Magici" at the Pompeii's Regio II. The main goal was to collect new...

The ancient Forum Granaries at Pompeii are open to the public for the first time in July and August 2021 (Prior booking is recommended)....

Poggio del Molino (Piombino, Italy) is a Roman settlement of an extraordinarily unique character located in one of the most beautiful areas of the...

Marine archaeology (the inspiration behind the national museum at Caorle, Venice) represents a mixture of chance and methodology, intentionality and happenstance, and of layers...

A spiral staircase of the Aqua Virgo lies completely obscured beneath Villa Borghese and the busy “Muro Torto” road and looks very similar to...

By Ted O'NeillLeading-edge Pompeii researcher Matthew Selheimer chaired a symposium at the Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting, (the AIA) talking about the fountains,...

By Ted O’Neill*The true history of the Agerola-Quisisana aqueduct near Pompeii and Sorrento may soon be revealed according to local historian Angelo Acampora and...

by Ted O'NeillCocciopesto is a waterproof building material used as a wall-covering and a floor-covering in water tanks and aqueducts.   It is commonly confused...