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New Oxford series volume by Professor Marco Conti set for publication

This November, the latest book by Dr.

A Valentine’s Day archaeology class at Giove (Umbria)

Everyone was a little groggy at 6.45 am on leaving AUR and Rome in the rain. 75 minutes later the sun was out and the team was in rural Umbria. To be precise, this was the first day of a 1-credit weekend archaeological class to make sense of two archaeological sites at Giove.

Interning at the Pigorini Museum

From the months of September to November I interned in the physical anthropology laboratory in the Pigorini Museum. I got to work with Neolithic skeletal remains that were excavated in Northern Italy and sent down to the museum to be cleaned and analyzed.

From horses to history: How one alumna found her passion at AUR

From horses to history: How one alumna found her passion at AUR
…and made an easy jump to graduate school

Aqueducts and Fountains - De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae

On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the American University of Rome hosted an evening of lectures as part of the Frontinus Society’s conference “De Aquaeductu Urbis Romae.

Berlin fieldtrip brings alive lessons from the past

One of the many benefits of studying at AUR is, not only do you have access to all the wonders of Rome, but also Europe’s great capital cities are just a few hours away by plane.

Archaeology students enjoy privileged access to dig at the Colosseum

Italy’s most iconic monuments have no end of surprises, as AUR students learned during summer excavations at the Colosseum and Imperial Fora.

Professor Marco Conti featured in Smithsonian’s 'Sacred Sites' documentary

AUR Adjunct Professor Marco Conti was interviewed as an expert in early Christian history for the Smithsonian Channel series “Sacred Sites” and is expected to appear in the episode on the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

Professor Roberto Nardi wins Europa Nostra Prize for Cultural Heritage

The jury highly commended “the European cooperation between the Italian conservation experts and the Greek Orthodox Monastery which was undertaken in close consultation with the Egyptian authorities and has resulted in high-quality conservation work on an element of such an outstanding World Heritage Site as the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai. The documentation and quality of the work are exceptional”.

Problem-solving and improvisation put to the test for ancient Roman technology

Problem-solving and improvisation were put to the test as students tried to use household materials (apart from Duck Tape) to create working models of their favorite Roman inventions for their final projects in Roman Technology, part of AUR’s Archaeology and Classics program.