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    Altamura (Bari)

  1. The Man of Altamura, the most complete Neanderthal fossils ever found.

  2. B

    Banditaccia (Cerveteri)

  3. The freedom enjoyed by Etruscan women at Banditaccia (Caere).

  4. Barùmini (Medio Campidano)

  5. Barumini in the heart of Sardinia.

  6. Bisceglie (Bari)

  7. The priest and the house of the giants.

  8. Bologna

  9. The funerary stele of the Etruscan admiral Vel Kaikna.

  10. C

    Cagliari

  11. The Nuragic bronze statuettes, symbols of Sardinian identity.

  12. Canino (Viterbo)

  13. The remarkable life of Alexandrine and Lucien Bonaparte: from aristocratic beginnings to Princes of Canino amidst political turmoil and archaeological discoveries at Vulci.

  14. Canosa di Puglia (Barletta-Andria-Trani)

  15. Darius Vase at Canusium.

  16. Capestrano (L'Aquila)

  17. Warrior or King of Capestrano.

  18. Castro (Lecce)

  19. Animal species of the glacial and interglacial periods.

  20. Cles (Trento)

  21. The Tabula Clesiana: A Grant of Roman Citizenship.

  22. Cumae (Napoli)

  23. The naval Battle of Cumae, 474 BCE.

  24. D

    E

    F

    Finale Ligure (Savona)

  25. The tomb of the Paleolithic young Prince.

  26. Florence

  27. Acciaiuoli Family in Florence.

  28. G

    Gatteo (Forlì-Cesena)

  29. 49 BCE Caesar Crosses the Rubicon.

  30. H

    I

    Ischia (Napoli)

  31. Ischia (Pithekoussai), the island of the Monkeys.

  32. L

    M

    Montale (Modena)

  33. Terramare of Montale

  34. Monte Poggiolo (Forlì-Cesena)

  35. First dated human occupation of Italy at ~ 0.85 Ma during the late Early Pleistocene climate transition

  36. N

    O

    P

    Palermo

  37. The cave of Paleolithic shamans dancers and acrobats.

  38. Passo di Corvo (Foggia)

  39. During World War II, the planes of RAF discovered hundreds of Neolithic sites of about 6000 years ago.

  40. Populonia (Livorno)

  41. Slaves and Freedmen in ancient Populonia: the life of Ledeltius.

  42. Q

    R

    Realmonte (Agrigento)

  43. The first Australopithecus found in Europe.

  44. Roccelletta (Catanzaro)

  45. Land of the Phaeacians narrated by Homer.

  46. Rome

  47. A vast deposit of ancient treasures was discovered in the Tiber River: from votive offerings dedicated to the temple of Asclepius on the Tiber Island to a floating mill from the Gothic wars.

  48. S

    Sassari

  49. The ziqqurat of Monte d'Accoddi.

  50. Senales (Bolzano)

  51. The prehistoric Similaun man treated with acupuncture-tattoos.

  52. Stentinello (Syracuse)

  53. Ceramics date the first military construction in Sicily.

  54. T

    Taormina (Messina)

  55. The Greek Theatre of Taormina: A Journey Through History and Architecture.

  56. Tivoli (Rome)

  57. The Tyrannicides, Harmodius and Artstogeiton.
  58. The Herm of Pericles and Neoclassicism: the role of Popes in the Roman Villas of Tivoli.

  59. Travo Sant'Andrea (Piacenza)

  60. Spend a day in a Neolithic village and go back 6000 years.

  61. Turin

  62. Ostraca: Ancient Shards of Life and History.

  63. U

    V

    Val Camonica (Brescia)

  64. The Ancient Rock Art of Val Camonica: A Journey Through Time.

  65. Ventimiglia (Imperia)

  66. The Stolen Venus.

  67. Z
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