An ancient Roman canal that may have connected Portus, on the mouth of the Tiber River, with Ostia has been found using ground-sensing equipment. It had been thought that goods coming into Rome on ocean-going ships from Africa had been carried overland on the Via Flavia. “We know of other, contemporary canals which were 20-40 meters […]

Prehistoric bones and stone tools unearthed near Verona and stored in a former military armory in northern Italy are covered with a bright blue sheen that could cause irreparable damage. Scientists think the blue pigment may have been formed by a pollutant transferred to the artifacts by hydrocarbon vapors. (Oil and other lubricants were once […]