From the Telegraph, a series of prehistoric stone structures, reminiscent of Stonehenge but taller and possibly earlier, have been located 3,500ft above sea level on a mountain in Calabria, southern Italy.

From BBC, Italian scientist says he has found a carved stone head that is 200,000 years old.

A geophysical evaluation in southern Sicily by Bournemouth University to identify industrial activity in the Roman rural settlement.

Capo Alfiere is the name of a Neolithic site located on a small headland on the eastern coast of Calabria.

The Phoenician and Punic town stands on a hill whose history dates back to the Neolithic (as the presence of the Domus de Janas witnesses) and after to the Nuragic Age.

1848 volume by George Dennis. The complete work online. 1165 pages, engravings, maps, and plans.

Provides documentary about Oetzi, the Iceman. Includes transcripts of BBC documentery.

From Discovery Channel, two sets of DNA detectives prepare to put Christopher Columbus' finally to rest.

From the Independent, Iceman bore traces of the blood of four other men on his weapons and clothes, three of whom he had killed or wounded.

The Upper and Middle valley of Serchio river, between Apuane Alps and Northern Appennines has been known for a long time because of the great number of Final Epigravettian and Mesolithic sites, but only recently the archaeological researches performed by Paolo Notini allowed us to recognize two Neolithic sites in Pieve Fosciana commune that have been excavated in 1995-1997.

Attempt to answer whether the Roman poet and the satirist Horace live in a modest farmhouse, as he tells us in his writings, or in a 20,000-square-foot villa, which most archaeologists have attributed to him.

Maps and images from this Bronze Age through Archaic Period site.

From the BBC, the last two meals eaten by the 5,300-year-old iceman, dubbed Oetzi, have been revealed by scientists.

From Discovery Channel, workers fixing the sewers of a small Tuscan village have discovered a mysterious statue stelae which may lead to a large Iron Age warrior cemetery.

From Discovery Channel, before Columbus discovered the New World, arthritis and syphilis were absent from Italy.

Research overview about the iceman provided by the anatomical institute of Innsbruck.

From The Local, Swedish archeologists have discovered a Stone Age settlement covered in ash under the ruins of the ancient city of Pompei, indicating that the volcano Vesuvius engulfed the area in lava more than 3,500 years before the famous 79 AD eruption.

From the Daily Telegraph, discovery in Pompeii of a pre-Roman temple is being hailed as evidence that the city was sophisticated and thriving 300 years before Vesuvius erupted.

Footsteps of Man Archaeological Society is investigating prehistoric petrogyphs in the Alps. Clickable map leads to images. Descriptions of sites and periods.

Includes: 1500+ pages of rock art information,images, descriptions, discussion, and links.

Alberto Vaudagna's description of the archaeology, history and geology of this area in Piedmont, with images and bibliography. Includes a 2nd century BCE gold mine and Protohistoric rock art.

From MSNBC, after 12 centuries under rubble and 24 years of restoration Rome opened the doors to Santa Maria Antiqua, the oldest church in the Roman Forum's ancient ruins and its rare collection of early medieval art.

An international collaborative project investigates Monte Polizzo, an early Iron Age settlement in the NW of Sicily. Participants, landscape survey, fieldwork, finds and archaeobotony.

The archaeological site of Borgonuovo was discovered in 1991 by Leone Merchiori and Remo Carli during digging works for the construction of a terrace wall, which truncated the anthropic deposit.

International excavations at a 700 to 400 BCE hillfort.

The University of Cambridge is investigating the archaeological history of the Troina region in Sicily. The team, regional survey and analysis, excavations at Casa Sollima - a prehistoric house.

From the Discovery Channel, archaeological digging might soon unveil the mystery surrounding a sword buried in a Gothic abbey in Tuscany.

Pictures and background material about Oetzi, the iceman, from the museum where he is exhibited.