A newly discovered piece of the Severan Marble Plan, a massive marble map of ancient Rome that depicts every single building and street, has been found in the Maffei Marescotti Palace. A fragment of the world’s oldest and largest unsolved jigsaw puzzle, a 2,200-year-old map of Rome made of thousands of
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Roman theatre district in Cyprus mapped
Archaeologists are working to map the theatre district at the ancient city of Nea Paphos. The University of Sydney team has been excavating at Nea Paphos for two decades under the auspices of Cyprus’ Department of Antiquities. In that time it has uncovered and studied a theatre used for performance and
Maps of Empires that no longer exist
Mapping Iran’s Archaeological sites
Researchers in Iran have completed the first phase of a project to map of Iran's archaeological sites. The map was unveiled during a ceremony at the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) in Tehran on Monday. A total of 45,000 archaeological sites appear on the map, team director Abbas Moqaddam said
Abandoned Roman town of Interamna Lirenas mapped by researchers
Researchers have mapped the ancient Roman town of Interamna Lirenas in Italy which was abandoned 1,500 years ago. The street plan reveals the location of a theatre, marketplace and other buildings on the site of Interamna Lirenas in the Liri Valley of Southern Lazio. It debunks previous views that the town, originally