ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A marble map of ancient Rome, that hasn't been put on public view for almost 100 years, is getting its very own museum within sight of the Colosseum.

Concealed for decades, a huge network of chambers beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill is to be opened up to the public, revealing ...

The giant marble map (Forma Urbis Romae) of the ancient Rome is shown to the media in the Archaeological Park of Mount Celio Museum overlooking the Colosseum in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.

About 20 miles east of Rome is Tivoli, made famous for its Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este – two UNESCO World Heritage sites. The hilly city, crawling with narrow streets and steep cliffs makes ...

Map detail, with circular Pantheon easily recognized at bottom left. As I stared at No. 64 on the map hanging in the Knights of Columbus Museum, Il Gesu, I could hear the honking of the Roman drivers ...

The most important feature of the map are roads—70,000 Roman miles of them, many more than the Antonine Itinerary, all marked out in red. However, it is not possible to calculate real road ...

The giant marble map (Forma Urbis Romae) of the ancient Rome is shown to the media in the Archaeological Park of Mount Celio Museum overlooking the Colosseum in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.