The Local Italy 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 Rome workers unearth ancient baths and tombs 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 Seven-year-old finds woolly mammoth bone near River Po A seven-year-old Italian schoolgirl stunned her father when she unearthed a woolly mammoth fossil on the banks of the River Po. https://www.thelocal.it/20160616/seven-year-old-finds-woolly-mammoth-bone-near-river-po Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:00:57 +0200 seven-year-old-finds-woolly-mammoth-bone-near-river-po Italy finds stolen Columbus letter announcing discovery of Americas Italy has found a stolen letter written by Christopher Columbus in which the famous explorer announces his discovery of the Americas. https://www.thelocal.it/20160518/italy-finds-columbus-letter-announcing-discovery-of-americas Wed, 18 May 2016 13:56:21 +0200 italy-finds-columbus-letter-announcing-discovery-of-americas Art stolen from prince by Nazis turns up in Italian home Three fifteenth-century paintings which were stolen from the Prince of Luxembourg's Tuscan villa by Nazi forces in 1944 have been found in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20160418/italy-finds-three-masterpieces-nazis-looted-from-princes-villa Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:32:03 +0200 italy-finds-three-masterpieces-nazis-looted-from-princes-villa Italian cashes in on millions of lire found in eBay chest An Italian woman is celebrating after being told she could convert 15 million lire into euros - just a few weeks short of a deadline to exchange the former national currency. https://www.thelocal.it/20160114/italy-woman-cashes-in-millions-of-lira-found-in-e-bay-chest Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:48:25 +0100 italy-woman-cashes-in-millions-of-lira-found-in-e-bay-chest Italian artist sets out to find needle in haystack Italian artist Sven Sachsalber is going to try to find a needle in a haystack - quite literally - in a performance at a Paris museum. https://www.thelocal.it/20141111/italian-artists-sets-out-to-find-needle-in-haystack Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:44:00 +0100 italian-artists-sets-out-to-find-needle-in-haystack