The bowl was discovered in the country’s oldest city and remains undamaged.

Roman

ARTnews

Perfectly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Roman Glass Bowl Unearthed in the Netherlands

Relief at temple of pre-Islamic goddess shows that Hatra, a buffer state between the Persian and Roman empires, created hybrid camels by mating species from Central Asia and Arabia

Archaeology

Haaretz

Art in temple of ‘Allah’s daughter’ reveals ancient super-camels, archaeologists say

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are scrambling to unlock the secrets of Britain's past as some 22,500 treasure sites are at risk of being lost forever.

Science

Daily Express

Archaeology 'catastrophe' means UK's Roman treasures at risk of being 'lost forever'

I believe that Maximinus Thrax, whose brief reign ran from 235 to 238 AD, was the first Roman emperor never to have set foot in Rome. The Thracian brute started a trend. As the years went by, more and more Roman emperors gave the city a miss. Diocletian (284-305), who brought the crisis of the third century to an end, hated the city. Some later emperors settled on Ravenna as the seat of power for the Western empire.

Politics

The Spectator World

New Rome, new home - The Spectator World

ARCHAEOLOGISTS were amazed by a stunning haul of Roman artefacts discovered while excavating an ancient church on the route of the HS2 railway line.

Archaeologists stunned at 'some of most important Roman artefacts found in Britain'

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have dug up evidence of a well-preserved Iron Age village that grew into a bustling Roman trading town in a stunning discovery along the HS2 rail route.

Archaeologists stunned by 'exceptional' Roman village discovered during HS2 dig

A rustic neighbourhood cafe is the inspritation for these fat wedges of crisp broccolo romanesco, floured, egged and breadcrumbed before being fried until goldenIf you asked for a caffè after lunch at Trattoria Zampagna, it would arrive a couple of minutes later on a metal tray from the bar next door. We never found out how the message was relayed, but assumed it was a knock on the wall or a secret bell.

Food & Drink

The Guardian

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for Roman broccoli cutlets | A kitchen in Rome

Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi has the rarest of guilty pleasures: gazing up at the world’s only ceiling painted by Caravaggio as she practises yoga in her Roman villa.But those days of stretching and contorting under a depiction of the gods may soon be over. The villa in central Rome is up for auction because of a bitter inheritance dispute.

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