Rome
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From AdnKronos: There are fears for the future of Rome’s ancient Aurelian walls after chunks collapsed on Tuesday. A major street was closed in the Italian capital after bricks from the nearly 2000-year old wall fell down. The city’s archaeological authorities want to save the historic treasure, but they claim protection and restoration is limited…
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The New York Times reports that a number of usually-closed-to-the-public monuments in Rome will be open for the next little while. An excerpt: “The shortage of guards is a huge problem that really must be resolved,” said Maria Antonietta Tomei, director of the Palatine and Roman Forum, as she strode purposefully around the site. On…
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A lengthy item from the BBC is sure to generate a lot of interest; here’s a bit in medias res: The leader of the project, Dr Norbert Zimmerman of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, was behind the idea to use laser scanners to record every part of the Catacombs. His scanner, which looks like a…
