Arte e Cultura Archive

  • A heart-shaped book holds music, poems, a journal—and a 500-year-old mystery. “Here,” says the librarian as she passes it to me. “Hold it.”

    Restoring the Heart of History

    By Mikayla Francese
    A heart-shaped book holds music, poems, a journal—and a 500-year-old mystery. “Here,” says the librarian as she passes it to me. “Hold it.”

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  • A soft whirring of propeller blades breaks the silence of the sunny, late May afternoon in the Italian Marche countryside. Archaeologist Oscar Mei, hovering in a helicopter, peers down to observe the Archaeological Park of Forum Sempronii, the site of a partially excavated ancient Roman colony...

    In the Footsteps of Ancient Rome

    By Megan Northcote
    A soft whirring of propeller blades breaks the silence of the sunny, late May afternoon in the Italian Marche countryside. Archaeologist Oscar Mei, hovering in a helicopter, peers down to observe the Archaeological Park of Forum Sempronii, the site of a partially excavated ancient Roman colony...

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  • We sit like children waiting for a magic show to begin. The trunk creaks open, and one by one he reveals his treasures: masks of Italy’s traditional <em>Commedia Dell’Arte</em>.

    Behind the Mask

    By Allison Butler
    We sit like children waiting for a magic show to begin. The trunk creaks open, and one by one he reveals his treasures: masks of Italy’s traditional Commedia Dell’Arte.

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  • Where to see more ancient books restored by Vincenzo Santoro.

    Santoro’s Books

    By Mikayla Francese
    Where to see more ancient books restored by Vincenzo Santoro.

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