Pilgrimage in the Cyberage:
The Shroud of Turin 2010
The shroud of Turin is on display from 10 April to 23 May 2010 for the first time this decade ...
Eat Like an Italian: Serious Pasta
Despite the worldwide passion for pasta, you might be hard-pressed to find something other than spaghetti in your local supermarket. In Italy, though, even the smallest neighborhood store has an aisle overflowing with a myraid of lyrically named pasta...
Il Silenzio del Mare
As the Italian Resistance gained momentum, Natalia Ginsburg, one of the great post-war Italian writers, translated La Silence de la Mer into Italian ...
Exhibit: Patterns from pompei
To see a selection of painted wall and border patterns from
the ancient villas at Pompei and learn more about the Roman villa......
MOdernity and Myth:
Europe’s Namesake
Everthing we know as modern Europe began in Ancient Rome and Greece, including its name....
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