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Before Roman Rule, the Sabines Carved This 100-Meter Aqueduct Through Solid Rock
Long before Rome absorbed the Sabine territories of central Italy, communities in the hills northeast of the city were already reshaping the landscape to control water. Archaeologists have now documented a rock-cut aqueduct near the ancient settlement of Trebula Mutuesca, revealing sophisticated engineering from the region’s pre-Roman past. The underground structure was discovered at Monteleone…
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2,600-Year-Old Picene Chariot Tomb with Sealed Bronze Vessels Found near Sirolo
Archaeologists near Sirolo, on Italy’s central Adriatic coast, have uncovered a 6th-century BC Picene funerary complex centered on a high-status male burial with a two-wheeled chariot, weapons, and large bronze vessels still sealed with ceramic lids. The discovery was announced by the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio for Ancona and Pesaro-Urbino, following preventive archaeology…
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Ancient Cult Site Linked to the Pre-Roman Veneti People Found Near Padua
A road construction project in northern Italy has uncovered an important ancient cult site linked to the Veneti, a people who lived in the Veneto region long before Roman rule. The discovery was made in Ponso, in the Province of Padua, during works for a new section of Regional Road 10. Archaeologists found inscribed stones,…