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Snow makes ancient Rome into Winter Wonderland
February 3 and 4, 2012 have been really special days. After the snowfall in 2010, I didn’t think we’d get so lucky with a real dump again so soon. Sure, it made life a bit tricky with the traffic but...
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Dangerous Cocktail — snow, freezing pigeons, excited crowds don’t mix
Still cold here in Rome, but the snow will fade soon into the background of everyone’s memory. So just a follow up from the lovely walks around the centro the past 2 weekends. For a refresher, check...
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Hadrian’s Villa and the proposed landfill– the straw that broke the camel’s back
The shocking decision to create a massive landfill within a few hundred meters of Hadrian’s Villa, one of most well known, important cultural heritage sites in the world is, to say the least,...
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Living History in Rome day by day
Living in Rome has proved to be an exciting adventure over the past 20 years, more interesting than I could have imagined. Now, as the summer season is upon us– with several overlapping programs and a...
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Beyond the Past: sponsoring cultural heritage in Rome
The other day, as I viewed the new exhibit, L’eta’ dell’equilibrio, in the Capitoline Museums, I pleasantly came across the ongoing conservation project of the Marforio statue in the courtyard of the...
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Pyramid of Cestius under wraps
Finally. The promised restoration project of the Augustan period Pyramid of Cestius has begun, with private Japanese funds. It took 330 days to construct the tomb, says the in situ inscription. Let’s...
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Exploration in Ostia Antica reveals a larger port city for ancient Rome:...
I’ve been excavating, studying, and teaching in Ostia Antica, Rome’s port city (and exploring Portus, a man-made dual harbor constructed by emperors Claudius and Trajan just north of Ostia) on and off...
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Ruining Rome: tourist’s graffiti in the Colosseum
There’s a lot a local or a tourist can complain about in the Eternal City centro these days. Certainly in recent years the streets are less policed and clean; street vendor and busker numbers are up,...
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Ancient Rome is now LIVE
I’ve created a brand new video-based learning platform: Ancient Rome Live. It’s a first of its kind, and it’s entirely free as a fun, accessible educational hub. Great, researched and originally...
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I launched a new site: www.dariusarya.co
Darius’ newest site www.dariusarya.co With so many things going on, I’ve decided to tie my various activities into one umbrella site. I’m pleased to announce www.dariusarya.co, which unites my...
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