Roma, Caput Mundi

Okay people, you can stop emailing me this link now. I’m posting about it, SO CAN I HAVE SOME PEACE AND QUIET PLZ?!1 In all seriousness, Google Earth’s new Ancient Rome layer may well be one of the coolest things ever conceived by the mind of man. (And you can trust my judgment on these … Read the full post →“Ancient Rome in 3D”

It looks like the Mayor of Rome has stopped construction on the Pincio parking lot. Instead of a new 700 space lot, 500 new spaces will be added to the existing parking deck a few blocks away at Villa Borghese. Why didn’t they do that from the beginning, you ask, especially since the Borghese parking … Read the full post →“Update: Paradise not to be paved after all”

Remember back in July when the Italian government declared Pompeii to be in a “State of Emergency”? At the time, I quoted them saying this: The “state of emergency”, which the government said would last for a year, allows for extra funds and special measures to be taken to protect the site. Makes sense, I … Read the full post →“Update: So much for that “State of Emergency””

Researchers at the University of Provence have found that people living in areas that were once part of the Roman Empire are less likely to have a gene variant that protects from HIV. In countries inside the borders of the empire for longer periods, such as Spain, Italy and Greece, the frequency of the CCR5-delta32 … Read the full post →“Roman Empire raises HIV risk”