The investigation of past cultures of the modern nationstate of Italy through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.). Academic Departments@ (1) Archaeologists@ (122) Celtic@ (18) Contractors & Consultants@ (2) Etruscan@ (5) Field Schools & Fieldwork Opportunities@ (7) Hellenistic@ (11) Megaliths@ (92) Organizations@ (1) Roman@ (95) Sardinia (3) 1. Campanaio, Sicily: A Geophysical Survey 1995 - A geophysical evaluation in southern Sicily by Bournemouth University to identify industrial activity in the Roman rural settlement. 2. 'Italian Stonehenge' Found on Mountain - From the Telegraph, a series of prehistoric stone structures, reminiscent of Stonehenge but taller and possibly earlier, have been located 3,500ft above sea level on a mountain in Calabria, southern Italy. 3. Ancient Carved 'Faces' Found - From BBC, Italian scientist says he has found a carved stone head that is 200,000 years old. 4. Archeopollino - Archaeology of the National Park of Pollino in Calabria, Italy. Descriptions and photo galleries of Greek, Roman, Enotrian, Byzantine and Longobards sites. 5. Capo Alfiere NEW! - Capo Alfiere is the name of a Neolithic site located on a small headland on the eastern coast of Calabria. 6. Carbonia - The Phoenician and Punic town stands on a hill whose history dates back to the Neolithic (as the presence of the Domus de Janas witnesses) and after to the Nuragic Age. 7. Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria - 1848 volume by George Dennis. The complete work online. 1165 pages, engravings, maps, and plans. 8. Death of the Iceman - Provides documentary about Oetzi, the Iceman. Includes transcripts of BBC documentery. 9. DNA reveals how the Italian Iceman went down fighting - From the Independent, Iceman bore traces of the blood of four other men on his weapons and clothes, three of whom he had killed or wounded. 10. First Ancient Neolithic Finds from Garfagnana - The Upper and Middle valley of Serchio river, between Apuane Alps and Northern Appennines has been known for a long time because of the great number of Final Epigravettian and Mesolithic sites, but only recently the archaeological researches performed by Paolo Notini allowed us to recognize two Neolithic sites in Pieve Fosciana commune that have been excavated in 1995-1997. 11. Horace's Farmhouse Found Beneath Horace's villa Site - Attempt to answer whether the Roman poet and the satirist Horace live in a modest farmhouse, as he tells us in his writings, or in a 20,000-square-foot villa, which most archaeologists have attributed to him. 12. Human and Animal Fossils of Sardinia - Pictures, interactive maps, descriptions and the detailed story of the explorations of the Nurighe's cave, in Sardinia. 13. I Fani - Maps and images from this Bronze Age through Archaic Period site. 14. Iceman's Final Meal - From the BBC, the last two meals eaten by the 5,300-year-old iceman, dubbed Oetzi, have been revealed by scientists. 15. Man from the Hauslabjoch - Research overview about the iceman provided by the anatomical institute of Innsbruck. 16. Pompei discovery for Swedish archeologists - From The Local, Swedish archeologists have discovered a Stone Age settlement covered in ash under the ruins of the ancient city of Pompei, indicating that the volcano Vesuvius engulfed the area in lava more than 3,500 years before the famous 79 AD eruption. 17. Pompeii Find Shows Secrets of the Samnites - From the Daily Telegraph, discovery in Pompeii of a pre-Roman temple is being hailed as evidence that the city was sophisticated and thriving 300 years before Vesuvius erupted. 18. Rock Art and Petroglyphs in Valcamonica - Footsteps of Man Archaeological Society is investigating prehistoric petrogyphs in the Alps. Clickable map leads to images. Descriptions of sites and periods. 19. Roman gold mine of Bessa - Alberto Vaudagna's description of the archaeology, history and geology of this area in Piedmont, with images and bibliography. Includes a 2nd century BCE gold mine and Protohistoric rock art. 20. Rome Church Opens After Centuries Under Rubble - From MSNBC, after 12 centuries under rubble and 24 years of restoration Rome opened the doors to Santa Maria Antiqua, the oldest church in the Roman Forum's ancient ruins and its rare collection of early medieval art. 21. Sicilian-Scandinavian Archaeological Project - An international collaborative project investigates Monte Polizzo, an early Iron Age settlement in the NW of Sicily. Participants, landscape survey, fieldwork, finds and archaeobotony. 22. The Mesolithic Burial of Mezzocorona - The archaeological site of Borgonuovo was discovered in 1991 by Leone Merchiori and Remo Carli during digging works for the construction of a terrace wall, which truncated the anthropic deposit. 23. The Scandinavian-Sicilian Expedition - International excavations at a 700 to 400 BCE hillfort. 24. The Troina Project - The University of Cambridge is investigating the archaeological history of the Troina region in Sicily. The team, regional survey and analysis, excavations at Casa Sollima - a prehistoric house. 25. Tyrol Museum of Archaelogy - Pictures and background material about Oetzi, the iceman, from the museum where he is exhibited.

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