Rovine romane, città greche, necropoli etrusche, nuraghi e templi antichi lontani dai grandi circuiti turistici: archeologia in silenzio, senza code.
On Roda Island in Cairo, a well dating to 861 AD, fitted with a graduated column, once measured the Nile's floods. Its history, what to see, and how to get there.
Jun 28, 2026
In Tlalpan, near Perisur, a rare 2,700-year-old circular pyramid preserved by the lava of the Xitle volcano. Free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
In San Telmo, beneath a house from 1830, a labyrinth of tunnels and cisterns tells four centuries of underground Buenos Aires.
Jun 28, 2026
At Carrer del Paradís 10, in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, four 2,000-year-old Roman columns stand in the courtyard of a building. Free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
In Athens, where Plato founded the Academy in 387 BC, a free archaeological park survives in a residential neighbourhood, almost devoid of tourists.
Jun 28, 2026
The Gallo-Roman amphitheatre of the 1st century, Paris's oldest monument, behind an entranceway at 49 rue Monge. Free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
A brick bath in an alley behind the Strand: passed off as Roman, it is in fact a cistern from 1612. History and how to visit it.
Jun 28, 2026
In Vienna, under the Hoher Markt square, the ruins of two Roman officers' houses: the Römermuseum of Vindobona.
Jun 28, 2026
Beneath the Sé hill in Lisbon lies a Roman theatre from the 1st century: genuine remains, a small museum and almost always empty.
Jun 28, 2026