A banquet room replete with well preserved frescoes depicting characters inspired by the Trojan war has been unearthed among the ruins of Pompeii in what…
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‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe
Almost exactly a year ago, Federica Gigante was preparing a lecture and searching the internet for a portrait of the 17th-century Italian nobleman and collector…
View More ‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe‘If the sea rises we’ll have to leave’: plans to restart gas drilling threaten Italy’s sinking delta
To a visitor driving through Polesine in north-east Italy on a winter morning, the area might seem blessed with an abundance of wildlife. The biodiversity…
View More ‘If the sea rises we’ll have to leave’: plans to restart gas drilling threaten Italy’s sinking delta‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition
On an overcast morning, several miles off Sardinia’s east coast, four men jump into a net where 49 giant Atlantic bluefin tuna are fighting for…
View More ‘A frenzy of bodies in the chamber of death’: Italian fishers fight to preserve an ancient tradition‘They’re drowning us in regulations’: how Europe’s furious farmers took on Brussels and won
On the outskirts of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, a green, red and blue stream of New Holland, John Deere, Massey Ferguson, Fendt and…
View More ‘They’re drowning us in regulations’: how Europe’s furious farmers took on Brussels and wonResearchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius
When the blast from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached Herculaneum in AD79, it burned hundreds of ancient scrolls to a crisp in the library…
View More Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over credit
Since 2017, when the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced the formation of its first antiquities trafficking unit, it has recovered nearly 4,500 artefacts stolen from…
View More ‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over creditHow Germany, France and Italy compare on net zero emission targets
Germany, France and Italy have pledged to hit net zero emissions around the middle of the century in a bid to stop weather from growing…
View More How Germany, France and Italy compare on net zero emission targetsRevealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air
Europe is facing a “severe public health crisis”, with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation…
View More Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic airRed fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study
An invasive non-native ant species has become established in Italy and could rapidly spread through Europe to the UK with global heating, a study warns.…
View More Red fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study