The funerary complex of Djoser in Saqqara

Hi everyone! Despite being an Egyptologist, I just realized I never published anything related to Egypt on this blog, so it was high time I remedied the deficiency and wrote about something Egyptological (using my own photographs). This post is about the site of Saqqara, northwest of Memphis and not far from Cairo. It is […]

Naples and The Netherlands – 6 striking differences

It’s two years that I’ve been living in the Netherlands. For the past year, I’ve been working on my PhD. I’ve (almost) got used to life here, but, as it always happens when you go to live in another country other than your own, the beginning wasn’t easy and there are some differences that, for […]

Vedi Napoli e poi…enjoy it! Part 2- Herculaneum

This is my second post on beautiful things to see in Naples; this time I write about something very archaeological. Indeed, the topic today is the archaeological site of Herculaneum (Ercolano in Italian), near Naples, and I have attached the first of two videos based on photos that I took at the site.

Vedi Napoli e poi… enjoy it! Part 1 – I Decumani

This is the first post on my blog; I’m so excited! As you can see on my About page, I’m from Naples. My city is famous, of course (!), for the pizza and for the songs and for the Vesuvius, and also for the many problems that, as in every big city, you can face […]