The new issue of College of Charleston Magazine features a profile of recent Classics graduate Melissa Huber. A great story. Melissa is heading off to pursue a Master’s at the University of Reading in their unique program on the history of the city of Rome. The program includes several months of work in Rome, based […]
Entries Tagged as 'Rome'
All Roads Lead to Rome, Very Soon for Some …
September 12, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:Grad School·Rome·students
337 Looted Antiquities Recovered in Rome
July 20, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Quite a story out yesterday about a large stash of antiquities that was recovered from looters in a warehouse in Switzerland. Some 337 objects were recovered by the Italian police and displayed for the press in the Colosseum in Rome. How fitting to display looted items in the Colosseum — the Romans themselves did quite a […]
Tags:Rome
Basilica Aemilia Exhibit in Roman Forum
June 6, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I just returned home from a trip to Rome. I’m always surprised by how many new things there are to see in the city. One of the high points of this trip was a special exhibit that is on-going in the Forum tracing the history and decorations of the Basilica Aemilia. The fragments of the […]
Tags:Rome
Is Rome’s Ancient Heritage Crumbling?
May 19, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I came across an interesting story about the effects of budget cuts on the preservation of ancient Roman sites. As I sit here in Charleston, at last being able to look out my office window after six months of renovations to 200-year old Randolph Hall, it is overwhelming to think about all of the work […]
Part of Domus Aurea Collapses
March 30, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
A portion of the Domus Aurea, Nero’s palace in Rome, reportedly collapsed today due to water damage. The story appeared on the NYTimes website. When I visited the Domus Aurea years ago we were all required to wear hard-hats. Good thing! The collapse seems to be in a part of the building site that has […]
