Piranesi engraving of a Pompeiiean road Pines There have been many disasters in this world, but few which have given so much delight to posterity. There have been many disasters in this world, but few which have given so much delight to posterity.
 
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Articles

“Looking for Leonardo, Atom by Atom,” ARTnews, April 2007
(Maurizio Seracini’s search for the Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio)

“A Masterpiece in the Walls,” ARTnews, March 2007
(Concealed in a Roman monastry for seven centuries, a newly discovered fresco cycle rewrites art history)

“L’Arte in Tribunale,” Internazionale, 2 febbraio 2007
(Is Marion True, former Getty curator, a scapegoat in the ongoing trial in Rome?... and a repentant-perhaps-tomb robber speaks)

“Coming to a Disagreement,” ARTnews, January 2007
(Italy’s talks with the Getty collapse, even as culture minister Francesco Rutelli requests other museums to return allegedly looted works of art)

“Going a Step Further,” ARTnews, December 2006
(Boston Museum of Fine Arts strikes unprecedented deal with the Getty Museum of Los Angeles)

“Reclaiming Modigliani,” ARTnews, September 2006, with Marc Spiegler
(Rome wins back from Paris Amedeo Modigliani’s archives, but legal battles haunt the “Modi” legacy)

“Saved from Vesuvius,” Odyssey, September/October 2005
(Rare wooden furniture from Herculaneum is under restoration, with photos by Giovanni Lattanzi)

“The Talks Begin,” ARTnews, May 2006, with Eileen Kinsella
(After the Metropolitan Museum’s agreement with Italy, other U.S. museums launch dialogues about disputed antiquities)

“Fine Dining in Pompeii,” Odyssey, January/February 2006
(Silver dinnerware hoard uncovered at Murecine, a quarter mile from Pompeii’s walls)

“Old as the Hills, the Rock-Cut Theater of Sutri, Italy,” Odyssey, November/December 2003
(Etruscan-built gladiatorial amphitheater, among the oldest extant, has a Roman-era gate)

“An Operatic Grand Dame, the San Carlo Theater in Naples,” Italy Italy, May 2002
(Where Goethe gossiped as Vesuvius rumbled)

“The Lap of Luxury,” Archaeology, May/June 2001
(Splendid seaside resort near Pompeii rediscovered by archaeologists, and reburied)

“Ancient Smut,” Odyssey, September/October 2000
(After two centuries the Naples Museum’s collection of erotica is on display—but pornography is in the eye of the beholder)

“Five-Star Inn with Great Art,” Archaeology, July/August 2000
(Frescoes are removed from the walls of a buried treasure trove hotel and spa near Pompeii)

“The Bronzes of Riace,” Italy Italy, #1, 1998
(Close-up of the bronze statues of ancient Greek athletes, retrieved from under the sea and now the centerpieces of the Reggio Calabria Museum.)

“Putting Paul on the Map,” Biblical Archaeology Review, January 2000
(Apostle’s Name found on inscription in a basilica in Cyprus)

“Butrint, Albania,” Odyssey, Spring 1998, with photos by Giovanni Lattanzi
(The city the poet Virgil called ‘Troy in miniature’)