Archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled the remains of an ancient auditorium where scholars, politicians and poets held debates and lectures, a site discovered during excavations of a bustling downtown piazza in preparation for a new subway line.
The partially dug complex, dating back to the 2nd century A.D., is believed to have been funded by Emperor Hadrian [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Archaeology’
26 Oct
Ancient auditorium in Rome unveiled
16 Oct
Neues Museum finally opens in Berlin!
For seven decades Berlin’s Neues Museum was a derelict, bomb-scarred shell — but finally it is back, boasting a star-studded cast including the 3,400-year-old bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially opens the restored museum on Friday.
It’s a day that took decades to arrive. One of the jewels of Berlin’s Museum [...]
12 Oct
World Monuments Fund 2010 Watch
Afghanistan
OLD CITY OF HERAT
Herat, Afghanistan
Argentina
BUENOS AIRES HISTORIC CENTER
Buenos Aires, Argentina
TEATRO COLÓN
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Armenia
AGHJOTS MONASTERY
Garni Village, Armenia
Austria
WIENER WERKBUNDSIEDLUNG
Vienna, Austria
Bahrain
SUQ AL-QAYSARIYA
Muharraq, Bahrain
Belgium
SANATORIUM JOSEPH LEMAIRE
Tombeek, Belgium
Bhutan
PHAJODING
Thimphu, Bhutan
Bolivia
CONVENTO-MUSEO SANTA TERESA
Cochabamba, Bolivia
MISIONES JESUÍTICAS DE CHIQUITOS (JESUIT MISSIONS OF CHIQUITOS)
Santa Cruz department, Bolivia
Chile
IGLESIAS DE ARICA PARINACOTA (CHURCHES OF ARICA PARINACOTA)
Municipios de Arica y Putre, Chile
Colombia
SAN FERNANDO AND SAN JOSE FORTRESSES
Cartagena [...]
5 Oct
Archaeologists discover amphitheatre at Portus
University of Southampton archaeologists leading a major excavation of Portus, the ancient port of Rome, have uncovered the remains of an amphitheatre-shaped-building, solving a mystery which has puzzled experts for over 140 years.
The excavation team, working in collaboration with the British School at Rome, is conducting the first ever large-scale dig at Portus on the [...]
30 Sep
Emperor Nero’s rotating dining room ‘discovered’
Remains of the fabled dining hall have been discovered on the city’s Palatine Hill, where emperors traditionally built their most lavish palaces.
The hall is said to have had a revolving wooden floor which allowed guests to survey a ceiling painted with stars and equipped with panels from which [...]
