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Eternally Cool Blog We're always glad to know what Hercules is up to, particularly when the news comes from the Onion.

Source: www.theonion.com
GREENSBORO, NC—I take issue with his stance on sacking nearby cities and looting their valuables to bridge our budget shortfall, said Greensboro voter Doug Marlon.
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Eternally Cool Blog Gosh. We've been looking for the answer to this question. What healthy, low-cost food to serve at an ancient Roman toga party or wedding?

Source: www.examiner.com
Did you know that ancient Roman wedding food faire and customs formed the basis for most modern western marriage customs? Other than throwing nuts instead of rice, much of the customs remain, minus the ancient Roman custom of tossing the bridal torch to the guests. ...
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Eternally Cool Blog Classicist Mary Beard compares Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to the Roman Emperor Tiberius:

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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More than 400 people follow us on Facebook (you can too - click on over to facebook.com/eternallycool and show us the love). As a Facebook fan, you’ll get daily Rome updates! Not on Facebook, but still want to know what’s going on in the Eterna...
Catarina
Catarina
it used to be all "ROADs" ... now all "links" =)

time after time ... to the same destination ☞ ROMA!
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Eternally Cool Blog The NYTimes has an article today about the Euphronios Vase, now on display at the Villa Giulia, and Vernon Silver's new book, “The Lost Chalice: The Epic Hunt for a Priceless Masterpiece.” which they rate as a "first-class page turner documenting the stolen krater’s travels from ancient Greece to Etruscan Italy to New York and then back here — and of the travails of another work also by the sublime Euphronios."

Source: www.nytimes.com
Italy’s biggest prize in the war against looting antiquities went on view recently at the Villa Giulia in Rome. Italians didn’t seem to care much.
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Eternally Cool Blog This news is a bit old, but the Compound is excited anyway. Please let there be a film sequel to the HBO ROME series! Please, please, please let us get what we want!

Source: www.thrfeed.com
The creator of CBS' red-hot procedural "The Mentalist" has unfinished business in Italy. Bruno Heller says he wants to produce a theatrical wrap-up to his...
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Eternally Cool Blog Sweet dreams are made of this:

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Eternally Cool Blog Great idea from Greenpeace:

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Marie
Marie
Forgive the pun, but how "cool"! Save the polar bears!
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Eternally Cool Blog This falls into the category of not-Eternally-Cool. Some chunks of the Aurelian wall collapsed yesterday:

Source: rogueclassicism.com
There are fears for the future of Rome’s ancient Aurelian walls after chunks collapsed on Tuesday. A major street was closed in the Italian capital after bricks from the nearly 2000-year old wall fell down.
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Eternally Cool Blog Bono's written a love letter to Italy in which he pleads for the Berlusconi-led G8 to fulfill its obligations to the world's poorest people:

Source: www.lastampa.it
In the back of my head from childhood, was the notion that singing was born of Italy. As a kid in Dublin, I grew up listening to my father’s record collection: La Traviata, Tosca, the Barber of Seville. ...
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"Now more than ever we need leaders who have an ability to leap forward in time to a world differently envisioned, then spring back and make the changes required to realize it. What will we see of that this week, here in this dynamic country whose generosity of spirit infects everyone who visits?"
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Eternally Cool Blog A really funny ad for pasta:

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Pablo
Pablo
wow... GREAT Idea ;)
Linda
Linda
yummy!
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Eternally Cool Blog We're big fans of BldgBlog. In this entry they give the lowdown on the Crypta Balbi Museum in Rome:

Source: bldgblog.blogspot.com
architectural conjecture :: urban speculation :: landscape futures
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Eternally Cool Blog We talked about this in our article on the Temple of Romulus last week:
http://eternallycool.net/2009/06/the-temple-of-romulus-is-open/

Source: www.nytimes.com
Rome’s archaeological authority has reallocated money so that it can provide staffs for five monuments in the ancient heart of the city that are usually closed.
Marie
Marie
Argh! I was just there! Why didn't I know about this then??!?!?
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That's right Molly!

Sorry you missed these spectacular sites Marie! You'll have to come back.
Marie
Marie
Definitely!
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Eternally Cool Blog We've been passing this new book, The Roman Forum by David Watkin, around the Compound for a couple of weeks. We like it quite a lot--not least for its anti-guidebook, complex explanations of the importance of the Forum to post-antique Rome.

If you like the Forum and want to know more, get a copy (though you'll have to order from the UK as it's not out in the US yet).

Review here:

Source: entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
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Eternally Cool Blog Venice has come up with an innovative way to pay for the redesign of the Accademia bridge:

Source: www.theartnewspaper.com
Venice. The city council has announced plans to redesign the Accademia Bridge, next to the eponymous art gallery, to provide access for the disabled. But architects and construction firms bidding to undertake ...
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Eternally Cool Blog Coffee granita has been declared the official Compound breakfast:

Source: www.seriouseats.com
Editor's note: On Thursdays, Babbo pastry chef Gina DePalma checks in with Seriously Italian. After a stint in Rome, she's back in the States, channeling her inner Italian spirit via recipes and intel on delicious Italian eats. Take it away,...
Margaret
Margaret
Lord, that sounds delicious
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A recent stroll through the Eterna took us to the lovely Galleria Sciarra, near the Trevi Fountain, a lovely building constructed just after the unification of Italy in the late 1880s that originally served as a shopping center...
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Aaaah. Miss you here at the compound. Pattie interned at eCool this weekend and of course we compared love notes about you and yours.
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Eternally Cool Blog Making us giggle:

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Eternally Cool Blog Restorers working on Michelangelo's frescoes in the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican (actually, they've finished their work) claim to have found a self-portrait of the elderly Michelangelo in one of the paintings.

Source: www.repubblica.it
Il capo restauratore del Vaticano: il dipinto è nella Cappella Paolina Il volto somiglia a quello della raffigurazione nella Cappella Sistina Repubblica.it: il quotidiano online con tutte le notizie in tempo reale. News e ultime notizie.
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Eternally Cool Blog OMG! These are the hottest shoes ever (or at least the hottest lace-up shoes ever):

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Catarina
Catarina
cool! I want a pair =)
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Yeah, they're totally fab! They should have made them exclusive to a store in Rome too, not just Colette in Paris.
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Source: edition.cnn.com
Scientific tests prove bones housed in the Basilica of St. Paul in Rome are those of the apostle St. Paul himself, according to Pope Benedict XVI.
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And now the other side of this story surfaces with a Dutch archaeologists pointing out that it's impossible to prove that the bones are Paul's: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1486637.php/No_proof_that_Vatican_bones_are_St_Pauls_says_Dutch_expert_
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Just adding to our collection of sentimental writings on Rome’s walls. We spotted this charmer on the same nearby school where studens are trained in the art of paper airplane making and where they also work out math problems on the walls...
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A stroll through the Forum on Friday morning left us gaping with delight when we discovered that the Temple of Romulus was open to the public. We’d never been in before, so we rushed the door and stood in awe as we looked around the interior...
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Eternally Cool Blog Lots of St. Paul news these days as the Pauline Year ends tomorrow on the Feast of St. Peter & Paul (a holiday in Rome). Here an announcement of the discovery of the earliest known icon of St. Paul discovered in the Catacombs of Santa Tecla on the Via Ostiense. The brief article doesn't give a date(!):

Source: www.repubblica.it
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Source: www.italymag.co.uk
A Roman tomb believed to be that of St Paul may be opened for the first time in 2000 years, the archpriest of the cathedral where it is located said Friday. A Roman tomb believed to be that of St Paul may be opened for the first time in 2000 years, the
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Eternally Cool Blog The first female gondolier in Venice!

Source: www.repubblica.it
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Dayse
Dayse
Bravissima, un’altra vitoria per le donne, corregime si mi sbaglio, il mio italiano e un po fuori uso, pero certe volte mi faccio capire. Comunche Conglatulations.
Ma non userai la camicheta con le righe bianche e nera?
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Eternally Cool Blog A wonderful portrait of two fruttivendoli in Sperlonga on this Photo Friday:

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