The synagogue is relatively far from the modern-day entrance to Ostia Antica, a bit of a hike to see some of the contemporary art pieces that have been made for the site over the past two decades.

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of secrets, from the Vatican Museums to Ostia Antica.

The OPS – Ostia Post Scriptum Project was launched in 2022 as a collaboration ... the city of Teos was in antiquity a major hub of culture, art, and commerce in the Hellenistic and Roman world.… ...

But if religious art, history and the natural beauty of a ... Castel Gandalfo, Lake Bracciano, Tivoli Gardens and Ostia Antica are just a few fascinating and fun places to visit in the Lazio ...

part of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art, help shed light on a traditional religious practice Alicia Ault Researchers say that Flagstones, a large circular ...

Florence is an ideal choice for art and culture lovers who want a more ... the ancient ruins of Ostia Antica, the UNESCO-listed Etruscan city of Cerveteri, the beautiful town of Tivoli or even ...

LUGANO, Switzerland, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BE OPEN Art, an online gallery set up by Elena Baturina's humanitarian think-tank BE OPEN, continues to run BE OPEN Regional Art, the regional ...

The “mikveh,” used by religious Jews for ritual purification, was discovered during the ongoing excavation of the ancient port city of Ostia. It was the first Roman colony and an important ...

A view into the mikvah found at Ostia Antica. | Credit: Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ...

After making a fortune in financial services, he funded the arts and made historical artifacts and documents widely available to the public. By Ash Wu Leonard S. Polonsky, a philanthropist who ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marvelling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — ...

You don’t have to go back to school to have a rich experience at an ancient site — just make sure to bring a healthy dose of ...