Roman Archaeology
In this page good old Aeschylus shows the way to (text)files,
while the diver plunges you into cyberspace
The Roman baths of Valesio, a regional design
Pre-Roman/Italic WEB-links
- Caserta; Etruscan and Samnite remains (in Italian)
- Caserta; Etruscan and Samnite remains (in English)
- Archeologia preistorica a Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze)
- Excavations at the Neolithic site of Capo Alfiere, Calabria (UT-Austin), excellent presentation of the project!
- Istituto Internazionale Studi Liguri (incl. the excavation of Priamar)
- The CCSP Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (Capo-di-Ponte, Valcamonica, Brescia, Italy)
Roman WEB-links:
General
- Roman Archaeology
- ROMARCH roman archaeology main page
- ROMARCH mailing list archives
- The Ostia Antica Mailing list. Subscription: mail to listowner , for postings:
- Roman Art and Architecture
- List of 773 (!) European towns with their Latin and modern names.
To be used Latin to modern for many of the Latin names are mediaeval, so not necessary accurate for the Roman period
- Greek & Roman Cities of Turkey
- Planet Italy: art and architecture through the ages (few ancient pieces)
- Index of pointers to GIFs of Roman art (site under construction)
- The Roman Empire - Student site; attractive & interesting, but beware of simplifications
Architecture
- Ancient Art and Monuments, Hellenistic to Roman
- Roman Basilicas: A Progress Report
- The imperial baths of Hadrian in Leptis Magna (nice!)
- Roman Split
- The palace of Diocletian in Split
Universities and Research Institutes
- The American Academy in Rome
- Page of the Centro Studi Severi and information on the Nemi "Nave" project
- home page of Gruppo Archeologico Pisano (GAP)
- Milan University; Museum list, incl. antiquities: addresses, phone numbers etc.
Museums
- List of selected museums and monuments treated by the 'Commune di Roma' site (incl. the Ara Pacis, Mausoleum of Hadrian, Column of Marcus Aurelius, Area Sacra di Largo Argentina, etc.)
- Art and Museums from Video On Line in Italy (a growing site)
- Il Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari, e altre risorse Archeologiche in Sardegna has been revamped and sports a number of new and additional links
- The pages of the San Matteo National Museum of Pisa, Italy
Sites
Italian
- Virtual Rome
- Plan de Rome, from the University of Caen, France
- Albenga/Albingaunum (Liguria)
- Gabii: un progetto di valorizzazione e di recupero archeologico attraverso l'impresa sociale (incl. a photo exhibition; good site!)
- Palestrina (Preneste) and environs
- Piedmonte district
- The Anglo-American Pompeii Project
- Visit ancient Pompeii
- Computer reconstruction of Temple of Apollo of Pompeii
- Pompeii; Wall-paintings (beautiful photo's!)
- Beautiful Pompeii pix!
- Pozzuoli and environs; excavations (in Italian)
- Pozzuoli and environs; excavations (in English)
- The Mugello Valley Archaeological Project (SMU Excavations in Tuscany)
- The Ostia Page
non-Italian
- Good Roman GIFs of Ephesus, Istanbul, Perge and more
- Caesarea
- The Combined Caesarea (Maritima) Expeditions Underwater Excavations
- Tour of Caistor Roman Town
- Carthage; the dig's homepage
- Ephesus; Forty-some subpages, most with a GIF and devoted to a particular, often Roman, monument
- Excavations at Leptiminus (Tunesia)
- Sepphoris Excavations
- Sepphoris excavations, including application form for volunteers in an electronic format.
- Viuz-Faverges (Haute-Savoie), France: Roman excavations
Military
- LEGIO X GEMINA Homepage. NEW pictures! See the legion in action
- Visit the web page of the Legio II Parthica
Craft and Engineering
- Roman amphoras, provenances thruout Europe, to be found in Britain: clickmap + visual index + searchable
- Roman aqueduct, text and GIF (*inside* view)
- Egyptian obelisks in Rome
- The history of plumbing in Pompeii and Herculaneum
- The history of plumbing in ancient Jerusalem
Journals and Magazines
- ACTA ROMARCH; 'Notizie': Recent discoveries and work in Roman art and archaeology
- The Journal of Roman Archaeology
Curiosities
- Discover what is was to be a Roman in the height of the Republic... (still under construction)
- Virtual Rome beautiful 3D rendered site! A little slow though...
- Arles, Nimes & elsewhere (a Bike trip diary) a small unlabelled GIF of a (Provencal) acropolis (?). This is the town of Gordes (Vaucluse)
- Days of Our Nero: the life of Nero, from various
primary and secondary sources, as a soap opera.
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