Rome
Experiencing Rome's Jewish quarter with an open mind and an empty stomach
Set foot inside the old Jewish Ghetto and you’re in Tel Aviv-on-Tiber.
Marble bust believed to depict Roman goddess of love found during excavations at Alicante beach
European audit leaders honor Israel’s state comptroller at final EUROSAI board meeting
Voices from the Arab press: China’s role, medicine’s lessons, and the future of Iran talks
The Jewish Brigade fought fascism in Italy. Now its flags spark protests - opinion
The Jewish Brigade has become a screen onto which other conflicts are projected: Zionism and anti-Zionism, antisemitism, Israel and Palestine, the meaning of antifascism, and more.
Jewish LGBTQ group banned from Rome Pride parade for not denouncing Israeli government on Gaza
Keshet Italia slammed Roma Pride as antisemitic in a Tuesday press release, and the "unprecedented exclusion" of the only Italian Jewish LGBTQ org. was a removal of a mask from the organizer's face.
Modi-Meloni meeting puts Italy at center of India’s Europe strategy
Rome has become a useful European partner for India as both countries seek deeper cooperation on trade, technology, ports, defense, and the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor
Scientists find traces of rare 'imperial' Tyrian purple dye found in Roman infant burials in York
Tyrian’s costly nature comes from the difficulty of its creation - made in a process similar to that of tekhelet, the blue dye traditionally used in Judaism to color strings of the tzizit.
US repatriates over 300 artifacts to Italy, including ancient Roman funerary stone found by FBI
Among the most significant items unveiled at the ceremony were a marble head of Alexander the Great dating to the first century CE, which was stolen from a Rome museum in 1960.
Jewish man arrested for allegedly firing pellet gun at left-wing activists in Rome
Eitan Bondi, 21, was charged with attempted homicide in connection with the shooting of Rossana Gabrieli and Nicola Fasciano, two members of the National Association for Italian Partisans.
Fragment of Homer's Iliad discovered inside Roman-era mummy during Egypt excavations
Several other mummies, three golden tongues, and a tongue made of copper were also discovered during excavations.
Archaeologist revives 2,000-year-old bread recipe in Pompeii after 18 years of experimentation
Panis quadratus was simple, made of water, flour, and salt, and carefully divided into eight sections with a reed and bound with rope.
Italy: The new face of an old hate
The space in which Jews can live openly and confidently in Italy is narrowing. Not collapsing, but tightening.
DNA analysis reveals ancestry of man buried in ancient Spanish tomb, shows mixed heritage - study
Due to the warm climate, researchers only managed to extract usable DNA from the remains of one of the men, estimated to have been around 45-years-old, called Menga1.
