Roman Ruins in Italy

Harbor at Ostia Antica (Italy)
Ostia Antica was the principal port and harbor for the city of Imperial Rome. Three kilometers (2 miles) north of Ostia city, and 25 km (15.5 mi) southwest of Rome, Ostia Antica reached its heyday during the second century AD, with a population between 30,000 and 50,000 inhabitants

The Streets of Pompeii
The streets of Pompeii are fascinating examples of Roman construction.

House of the Faun at Pompeii
The House of the Faun is among the most visited of the domestic ruins at Pompeii, famous for its mosaics and its bronze statue of a dancing faun.

Horace's Villa
Excavations at the home of Rome's leading lyric poet have been continuing by the American Academy in Rome; the site combines history, literature, and archaeology.

Iulia Felix (Italy)
The Iulia Felix (also spelled Julia Felix) is the name of a Roman ship wrecked in the Adriatic Sea six miles off the coast of the town Grado during the last part of the 2nd century or first half of the 3rd century AD.

Luna (Italy)
The ruins of the Etruscan, Roman and post-Roman trading port of Luna are located on the coast of northern Italy.

Pompeii: An Interactive Dig
From Archaeology magazine, an interactive dig by the Anglo-American Project at Pompeii, carried on during the Summer of 2001.

Pompeii: Buried in Ages
The most famous archaeological site in the world is not hard to name. If there has ever been a site as well preserved, as evocative, as memorable as that of Pompeii, the Roman city buried under the ash and lava erupted by Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 AD.

Pompeii: Portents of Disaster
From BBC News, a page on why the warning signs of impending eruption were ignored by the people of Pompeii includes a great deal of information on what the excavations have learned to date.

Torcello - Glass-Making Workshops in the Venetian Lagoon
Torcello is the name of an island in the Venetian lagoon, where evidence for the development of Venetian glass-making developed from Roman workshops has been identified.