https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One of the best preserved Roman houses at Herculaneum, near Pompeii, reopened on Wednesday after more than 30 years, its exquisite paintings brought back to life thanks to a revolutionary new technique. https://www.thelocal.it/20191024/lost-artworks-at-herculaneum-uncovered-by-new-technique Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:24:22 +0200 lost-artworks-at-herculaneum-uncovered-by-new-technique Archeologists have uncovered two ancient Roman burial sites behind a major contemporary sports facility. https://www.thelocal.it/20170824/ancient-roman-tombs-found-near-football-stadium-in-italy Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:17:46 +0200 ancient-roman-tombs-found-near-football-stadium-in-italy Excavations to finish metro Line C in the capital continue to throw up ancient Roman archeological finds. After a military barracks last year, the latest discovery is two Pompeian buildings near the Aurelian Wall. https://www.thelocal.it/20170626/mini-pompeii-found-in-rome-while-digging-metro-line Mon, 26 Jun 2017 16:38:15 +0200 mini-pompeii-found-in-rome-while-digging-metro-line More than a hundred items of cultural heritage have been seized by customs at a Ligurian port, where they had been sent by a Miami resident. https://www.thelocal.it/20160810/italian-customs-seize-huge-haul-of-roman-artefacts Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:51:36 +0200 italian-customs-seize-huge-haul-of-roman-artefacts An ancient Roman bath-house and series of tombs have been unearthed during an attempt to build a new Orthodox church in a working-class suburb of Rome. https://www.thelocal.it/20160711/ancient-roman-baths-and-tombs-found-as-rome-suburb-builds-church Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:39:53 +0200 ancient-roman-baths-and-tombs-found-as-rome-suburb-builds-church Routine roadworks to install a gas pipeline under a busy street in central Rome have brought to light a 2000-year-old room plastered with frescoes. https://www.thelocal.it/20151124/italy-roadworks-unearth-frescoed-roman-room Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:31:17 +0100 italy-roadworks-unearth-frescoed-roman-room Experts in Pompeii have intervened after a picture showing the mouth of a 2,000- year-old fountain tapped with a common garden faucet went viral. https://www.thelocal.it/20150911/pompeiis-tasteless-taps-spark-online-revolt Fri, 11 Sep 2015 16:21:10 +0200 pompeiis-tasteless-taps-spark-online-revolt A Roman ship from the second century BC has been found off the coast of Genoa. https://www.thelocal.it/20130809/2000-year-old-roman-ship-found-off-genoa Fri, 09 Aug 2013 18:59:00 +0200 2000-year-old-roman-ship-found-off-genoa Twelve people, including a local council employee, are being probed after allegedly stealing Roman artefacts from the northern Italian coast and selling them on as gifts. https://www.thelocal.it/20130731/divers-plunder-roman-relics-in-liguria Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:24:00 +0200 divers-plunder-roman-relics-in-liguria