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Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Book Spotlight and Excerpt: The Alcoholic Mercenary by Phil Hughes

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  They said, “ See Naples and then die! ” Rachel had thought it was to do with the natural beauty of the place. A misconception she soon los...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Roman women

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History Extra Mosaic in the Roman villa of Casale, near Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy, showing women exercising. (Photo by Peter Thom...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

The Construction of Venice, the Floating City

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Ancient Origins Venice, Italy, is known by several names, one of which is the ‘Floating City’. This is due to the fact that the city of...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Q&A: When did Italian replace Latin as the language of Italy?

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History Extra Languages can literally die overnight when the last of their speakers dies, but the death of Latin was very different. ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Q&A: How did pasta come to Europe and when did it first become established in Italy?

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History Extra That the food crops up in so many cultures isn’t surprising: pasta is basically unleavened bread that has been boiled ...
Friday, September 15, 2017

6,000-Year-Old Cave Find Shows Sicilians Made Wine Way Before Previously Thought

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Ancient Origins Researchers have found traces of wine in Sicily dating back to the 4th millennium BC. According to experts, that could ...
Saturday, August 12, 2017

History's 1st emoji? Ancient pitcher shows a smiley face

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Fox News By Laura Geggel  The iconic smiley face may seem like a modern squiggle, but the discovery of a smiley face-like painting ...
Friday, May 12, 2017

Can Researchers Crack da Vinci’s DNA Code? Recently Discovered Relics Attributed to the Legendary Renaissance Man May Help

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Ancient Origins A team of Italian researchers claim that they have discovered two relics belonging to Leonardo da Vinci, which could th...
Monday, April 24, 2017

Just How Rich Were the Inhabitants of Magna Graecia Really?

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Ancient Origins A team of archaeologists excavating in the Italian city of Paestum (Poseidonia), has uncovered the remnants of a palati...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Have We Got a Temple, Theater, and Gate? Check! New Details Emerge on Roman Urban Planning in Central Italy

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Ancient Origins Archaeologists have discovered a magnificent ancient Roman temple the size of St Paul's Cathedral in central Italy....
Thursday, March 9, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Torta Margherita

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History Extra A delicious gluten and dairy-free cake with only three ingredients. (Credit: Sam Nott) In every issue of BBC History Ma...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

McDonald’s offers diners ancient road on the side

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PalmBeachPost By Elisabetta Povoledo The New York Times MARINO, Italy It’s a common enough story in Italy: An ancient ruin — in th...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Italian Archaeologists Find a Rare Solar Observatory Hewn Into Rock to Highlight the Winter Solstice

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Ancient Origins A group of friends surveying World War II bunkers in Sicily, Italy, uncovered something much older—a rock on a hill w...
Monday, January 2, 2017

Supervolcano That May Have Wiped out Neanderthals Comes to Life Again

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Ancient Origins A huge area of volcanic activity near heavily populated Naples, Italy, is reaching a critical point and scientists thin...