Archaeology in Italy

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

A Nuragic tomb, a Roman tomb, and a Byzantine Church, all hidden inside a rock.

According to legend, after Hades pulled Persephone into the underworld, one of her attendant nymphs cried so much that her tears formed this spring.

Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

The ancient Greeks abandoned this quarry to escape Hannibal's devastating invasion.

These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.

Hundreds of Roman amphorae are stored in an ususpecting underground parking lot.

Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

A prehistoric route that has claimed many victims is now closed to traffic.

A museum entirely dedicated to the evolution of mining lamps.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

Nine caves filled with recently-discovered archaeological finds under the houses and the streets of the most ancient district of an old town.

Two of the few remaining life-sized Greek bronzes were submerged in the sea for over 2,000 years.