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Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

http://www.archaeologiemuseum.it/

Pictures and background material about Oetzi, the iceman, from the museum where he is exhibited.

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The Troina Project

http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/TROINA/

The University of Cambridge is investigating the archaeological history of the Troina region in Sicily. The team, regional survey and analysis, excavations at Casa Sollima - a prehistoric house.

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The Roman Villa of Piazza Armerina, Sicily

http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/456_Villa_Romana_del_Casale.html

An illustrated room-by-room description by Ren Seindal of the villa with the richest collection of late Roman mosaics. Includes bibliography, plan and more than 200 photographs.

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The Capitoline Hill

http://www.museicapitolini.org/en/museo/sezioni.asp?l1=5&l2=1

Detailed description of the history and monuments of the Capitoline Hill in antiquity, from the Capitoline Museums. Includes maps and photographs.

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The Arch of Constantine

http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/299_Arch_of_Constantine.html

Illustrated description of the arch which was erected to celebrate Constantine I's victory at the Milvian Bridge in 312 CE. Includes bibliography and over 60 photographs.

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Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei

http://www.pompeiisites.org/

Official site of the excavations of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Boscoreale, Oplontis and Stabia (in English and Italian).

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Roman Water-Mills on the Janiculum Hill, Rome

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~corp0057/JaniculumMills.html

Andrew Wilson of Oxford University describes the excavation in 1998 of several mill-wheels installed in two mill-races parallel to the main channel of the Aqua Traiana.

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Roman gold mine of Bessa

http://spazioinwind.libero.it/bessapark/english.htm

Alberto Vaudagna's description of the archaeology, history and geology of this area in Piedmont, with images and bibliography. Includes a 2nd century BCE gold mine and Protohistoric rock art.

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Pompeii Interactive

http://www.pompeii.co.uk/

A CD-ROM exploring Pompeii with photographs, virtual reality, maps, and information. Online preview includes the history of the discovery of Pompeii, with biographies of the archaeologists involved.

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Pompeii Forum Project

http://pompeii.virginia.edu/

An archaeologically based research project that documents the design and decoration of the forum of Pompeii and addresses issues of urban history and design.

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Pompei discovery for Swedish archeologists

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1291&date=20050417

From The Local, Swedish archeologists have discovered a Stone Age settlement covered in ash under the ruins of the ancient city of Pompei, indicating that the volcano Vesuvius engulfed the area in lava more than 3,500 years before the famous 79 AD eruption.

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Ostia Antica

http://www.ostia-ostie.net/indexEN.html

The harbor of the ancient Rome. Photos, story and links.

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Ostia - The Harbour of Ancient Rome

http://www.ostia-antica.org/

Provides detailed information for professional archaeologists and historians, for students of Roman archaeology and history, and for interested lay-people. Maintained by the Internet Group Ostia (IGO).

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Model of Rome

http://www.unicaen.fr/rome/?langue=anglais&action=&idMonu=&lien=&page=2&id=&titre=

Paul Bigot's zoomable scale model of ancient Rome, at the University of Caen in France, with descriptions of monuments.

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Iceman's Final Meal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2262615.stm

From the BBC, the last two meals eaten by the 5,300-year-old iceman, dubbed Oetzi, have been revealed by scientists.

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Horace's Villa Project

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/horaces-villa/default.html

Excavations undertaken there from 1997 to 2001. Videos and images.

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Horace's Villa Project

http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/horaces-villa/

Prof. Bernard Frischer explains his excavations of the villa near Licenza thought to be that of the Roman poet Horace. Reports on each season's work, drawings and a virtual tour.

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Horace's Farmhouse Found Beneath Horace's villa Site

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/spr02/steinmetz.html

Attempt to answer whether the Roman poet and the satirist Horace live in a modest farmhouse, as he tells us in his writings, or in a 20,000-square-foot villa, which most archaeologists have attributed to him.

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DNA reveals how the Italian Iceman went down fighting

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article100039.ece

From the Independent, Iceman bore traces of the blood of four other men on his weapons and clothes, three of whom he had killed or wounded.

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Death of the Iceman

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/iceman.shtml

Provides documentary about Oetzi, the Iceman. Includes transcripts of BBC documentery.

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Capo Alfiere

http://www.utexas.edu/research/ica/publications/online_resources/capo_alfiere/CAweb.html

Capo Alfiere is the name of a Neolithic site located on a small headland on the eastern coast of Calabria.

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Capitolium

http://www.capitolium.org/

Official website of the archaeological site of the Imperial Forums, Rome. Includes maps, a virtual tour, and information on life in ancient Rome.

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