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 ...


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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...


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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 ...



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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......


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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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