Italy’s government has opened Pompeii to private ventures after cutting its restoration funding from $75 million to $15 million. There has been a 20 percent drop in tourism revenues at the open-air museum, but many blame the garbage crisis in nearby Naples for the decline. Byzantine mosaics have been uncovered in the town of Kyustendil, […]

The Utah Historic Preservation Office and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced their plans to nominate archaeological and rock art sites in Nine Mile Canyon for the National Register of Historic Places. Energy companies are drilling in the canyon, and vibrations and chemicals from the heavy equipment could damage the rock-art panels.   This editorial […]