A Collapse In Pompeii Highlights Neglect In Italy NPR Every year, Pompeii attracts 2.5 million visitors, and many come even on cold, rainy days in winter. Walking along the ancient Roman road, visitors see many ... |
Writings of a Wanderer: Whirlwind Trip to Italy Begins in Naples Food For Thought, A News Cafe During the height of the Roman Empire, the circular stone theater seated an estimated 5000 people. The theater's backdrop had been under construction when ... |
 The Guardian | Italy's cinemas and theatres close in cuts protest AFP ... over the future of the cultural sector, inflamed further by the collapse of a house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii at the start of November. ... Italy's preforming arts go on strike |
 The Guardian | Silvio Berlusconi's restoration work is no cock-up The Guardian Sure, opponents of Berlusconi have a right to bemoan the costs involved which may or may not have been better spent elsewhere (Pompeii perhaps). ... |
Making It New Wall Street Journal The Roman poet Ovid, who died in exile around 17 AD, described "The Metamorphoses," his masterpiece, as "a continuous song." As the author of the article on ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Berlusconi turns 'la dolce vita' in Italy sour BBC News One editorial writer drew a comparison with the Roman emperor Tiberius, who retired in his 70s to a palace on the island of Capri. ... Berlusconi spends taxpayer money for Roman statue's fake hands and 'privates' New penis for statue in Silvio Berlusconi's Rome office |
Telegraph.co.uk | New penis for statue in Silvio Berlusconi's Rome office Telegraph.co.uk A marble Roman statue of Mars has had its snapped-off penis rebuilt and reattached on the specific orders of the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi. ... 'La dolce vita' turns sour for Berlusconi Berlusconi spends £59500 of public money to build a Roman statue fake hands ... |
Telegraph.co.uk | Berlusconi spends taxpayer money for Roman statue's fake hands and 'privates' Daily Mail Bondi and Berlusconi are both under fire for allowing the ancient Roman city of Pompeii buried by volcano Mt Vesuvius in AD79 to fall into disrepair and ... New penis for statue in Silvio Berlusconi's Rome office 'La dolce vita' turns sour for Berlusconi |
 Daily Mail | Berlusconi builds Mars and Venus statue penis and fake hands Daily Mail Bondi and Berlusconi are both under fire for allowing the ancient Roman city of Pompeii buried by volcano Mt Vesuvius in AD79 to fall into disrepair and ... |
Book review: Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard Isle of Man Today There have always been two versions of Pompeii...the vibrant and bustling town in provincial Italy which was part of a vast empire - and the ... |