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- Italy revokes honors from ten Russians, including two deputy ministers
- Eni announces the discovery of 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas offshore Cyprus
- Italy: 200 Alpine glaciers gone since end 19th Century
- For the first time, Venice’s population falls below 50,000
- Drought reveals WWII bomb in Italy’s River Po
- Pompeii: Discovered the House of a Middle-class Family with Preserved Furnishing
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Pompeii: Discovered the House of a Middle-class Family with Preserved Furnishing
The Discovery Of Furnishings From The House Of The ‘lararium’ In Regio V A Snapshot Of Middle Class Pompeii Small furnished apartments have been uncovered…
The Aurelian Walls: History, Facts & Images
Rome’s largest monument: The 18 Gates of the Aurelian Walls The Aurelian Walls are a line of city walls built between 270 and 275 by…
The Etymology of the word Terra: Tellus, Terra Mater
Terra Mater was an ancient Roman Goddess Tellus Mater or Terra Mater (“Mother Earth”) is a goddess of the Earth in ancient Roman religion and…
Demons, Monsters, and Ghosts of the Italian Folklore
Italian folklore: monsters, ghosts, and demons of the traditional Italian culture Creatures of Italian folklore. The history of Italian folklore has its roots in different…
Wild at Heart: Antonio Ligabue
Antonio Ligabue was a major 20th-century naive artist. Antonio Ligabue was self-taught, he has mostly painted subjects that portray wild and exotic animals. The artist…
The Eclectic Sketches of Amico Aspertini
Amico Aspertini (born 1474 or 75-1552) was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor who anticipated Mannerism with his convoluted, quirky, and eclectic style. At the…
The etymology of the word “Ciao”
The word Ciao is the most common form of friendly and informal greeting in the Italian language used for both “hello” and “goodbye”. It comes…
The Bizarre Anatomical Machines of the Prince of Sansevero
History and images of the Anatomical Machines The anatomical machines are two anatomical models that reproduce the human circulatory system and are on display in…
The Italian Space Center in Kenya
The Luigi Broglio space center in Malindi, Kenya, is an Italian space center outside the national territory, owned by the Sapienza University of Rome and…
A True Story by Lucian of Samosata, the earliest example of Science Fiction in Literature
A True Story by Lucian of Samosata is the first known text that could be called science fiction A True Story (Latin: Vera Historia Verae…