The Vatican published online “Vatican Vergil”, a 5th-century manuscript with fragments of Vergil’s “Aeneid”, with beautiful illustrations. Here is the link: http://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.3225
The Mamertine Prison is now open to the publicon Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday, entry fee is 10 euro, 5 euro for students, free for children under 6! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrJlperjoI
There is a brand new sound and light show at the Forum of Augustus, every night at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, until September 18. This is the official website, with all info: http://www.viaggionelforodiaugusto.it/en/
A virtual reconstruction of Villa of Livia: http://vimeo.com/81825976
The “Virtual Museum of Ancient via Flaminia” can be visited at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome
The Vatican published online “Vatican Vergil”, a 5th-century manuscript with fragments of Vergil’s “Aeneid”, with beautiful illustrations. Here is the link: http://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.3225
The Mamertine Prison is now open to the publicon Sunday Tuesday Thursday Saturday, entry fee is 10 euro, 5 euro for students, free for children under 6! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfrJlperjoI
The bakery at Ancient Ostia very well explained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZnaZutDHh8
A video and an article on Monte Testaccio, an artificial hill made of millions of discarded amphora sherds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L4GLMY6unc
http://archaeospain.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/current-world-archaeology-testaccio.pdf
3D reconstruction of the Baths of Diocletian: http://video.ilmessaggero.it/roma/le_terme_di_diocleziano_in_3d_ecco_com_era_la_piscina_da_4.000_mq-42203.shtml
Excellent funny video on Trajan’s columns: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/magazine/150315-ngm-building-trajans-column?source=relatedvideo
A digital map of Ancient Rome at the times of Augustus, with description and bibliography for each site!!!: http://digitalaugustanrome.org/
On Roman apartment buildings: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33962178
A wonderful video on Ancient Ostia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNTGuogH1AM
All aquaducts and water springs in Rome through the centuries:
http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/waters/timeline/
Here is a virtual reconstruction of Ancient Ostia and its port: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZ382-AvDk
A monumental ramp connected the Roman Forum to the Imperial Palace. Discovered in 1900, it is now open to the public for the first time:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5dQjpfNjmE&feature=youtu.be
A new exhibition on Cencelle, a hilltop Medieval abandoned city, where I took part in the digs:
http://en.mercatiditraiano.it/mostre_ed_eventi/mostre/forma_e_vita_di_una_citta_medievale_leopoli_cencelle
The city wall at Ancient Ostia extended also accross the Tiber:
http://www.portusproject.org/blog/2014/04/new-city-wall-discovered-ostia/#.U063XyX5rTc.twitter
A new wall was found in the Roman Forum. It dates back to the IX century, at least one century earlier than Rome’s traditional foundation in 753 B.C.: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10763755/Rome-ages-200-years-as-archaeologists-discover-new-remains.html
There is a brand new sound and light show at the Forum of Augustus, every night at 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, until September 18. This is the official website, with all info:
http://www.viaggionelforodiaugusto.it/en/
Rome for children: http://www.turismoroma.it/piccoli-turisti-curiosi?lang=en
The perfect video to understand piazza Navona and the stadium of Domitian underneath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LazNcnlIS8
An interesting video by UNESCO on the Colosseum, that shows how the elevators worked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3CnkdSJ9i0&feature=player_embedded
A new exhibition on the Etruscans at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, from April 15 to July 20:
http://english.palazzoesposizioni.it/categorie/exhibition-gli-etruschi-e-il-mediterraneo
A photogallery of the House of Augustus on Palatine Hill by The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2008/mar/10/italy.artsnews?picture=332888832#/?picture=332888845&index=12
A virtual reconstruction of Villa of Livia: http://vimeo.com/81825976
The “Virtual Museum of Ancient via Flaminia” can be visited at the Baths of Diocletian, Rome
A virtual reconstruction of the Curia in the Roman Forum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V_bqByaeIs#t=11
Free online course on Ancient Portus, the harbour of Ancient Rome (6 weeks, 2 hours pw, starting May 19th):
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/portus
New exhibition at the Colosseum, until October 5th:
http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/exhibition/biblioteca-infinita-luoghi-sapere-nel-mondo-antico-infinite-library-sites-knowledge-ancie
An introduction to Centrale Montemartini: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN8WeSPsQRI
Two great brand new applications on Aventine hill and Testaccio available now for free:
http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/multimedia/mobile-devices-applications-aventine-and-testaccio
A nice video on the painted garden from Villa of Livia on display at Palazzo Massimo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPyqEsyVmIQ#t=26
An update: it seems that the sun hit the top of the obelisk in the Horologium Augusti on Oct. 9, the annual birthday festival of the Temple of Palatine Apollo, not on the Augustus’ Sept. 23 birthday:
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2013/12/virtual-archaeologist-turns-clock-back-to-uncover-secrets-of-ancient-rome/100539?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HeritageDaily+%28Heritage+Daily+-+Archaeology+%26+Palaeontology+News%29
A short video on the wonders of Castel Sant’angelo form its official website
http://www.castelsantangelo.beniculturali.it/index.php?it%2F183%2Fvideo
Restauration eventually starting at the Colosseum. A nice video by Allen Pizzey:
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/private-enterprise-funds-33m-for-colosseum-repairs/
Colosseum looked red, black, green and blue: “the insides, the galleries, all the corridors and transverse hallways were completely colored.”:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/restored-colosseum-passageway-reveals-colorful-frescoes-graffiti/
Ancient Roman graveyard buried under Vatican City opens to the public in 2014:
http://www.vatican-patrons.org/1465-1465
The Dying Gaul is in Washington until mid March:
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/press/exh/3655.html
An interesting article on some wonderful and not crowded museums in Rome:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/travel/3-quiet-museums-in-rome.html?_r=1&
Exhibition on Cleopatra and Rome, until February 2:
http://chiostrodelbramante.it/en/info/cleopatra_roma_e_lincantesimo_dellegitto/
Excellent exhibition on Augustus, until February 9:
http://english.scuderiequirinale.it/categorie/exhibition-augusto-rome
http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.it/2013/10/the-life-and-times-of-emperor-augustus.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheArchaeologyNewsNetwork+%28The+Archaeology+News+Network%29#.UsVX_NLuIrV
http://www.arte.rai.it/articoli/augusto-duecento-capolavori-in-mostra/23016/default.aspx
http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1358281.ece
Interesting article on ancient Roman graffiti:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10336768/What-can-we-learn-from-Roman-graffiti.html
Tunnels under the Baths of Caracalla open to the public
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/dec/11/rome-caracalla-baths-tunnels-restoration