the Saturnalia festival: the Roman Christmas
The temple of Saturn is one of the most impressive and photographated ruins of the Forum in Rome. But what do you know about his master, the god Saturn? Yes, he is the Roman version of Kronos, the father of Zeus, but there is more. Let's discover...
The Day of the Dead in the Ancient Rome: from Lemuralia to Halloween
carved turlip - National Museum of Ireland. The Halloween festivity with its masks and "tricks and treat" tradition is approaching and as every year here in Italy there are a lot of debate since "it's not part of our culture". That's true. Halloween comes from the pagan-celtic...
The Torlonia Marbles: an exhibition not to miss in Rome
Finally yesterday I was able to visit the exhibit "Torlonia Marbles": an exhibition not to miss if you're in Rome now. The exhibition was inaugurated few days ago in Palazzo Caffarelli, a renovated palace just behind the Capitoline Museums main entrance. Why archaeologists and historians are so...