When it binds with hydrogen, sulfur becomes hydrogen sulfide and begins to emit the characteristic smell of rotten eggs.
This phenomenon does not occur in sedimentary quarries, but rather in those of volcanic origin....
Sulphur, when found in nature in its pure state, has a citrine yellow colour characterised by clarity and luminosity, which makes it shine under the sun’s rays. It is often found in microcrystalline clusters and therefore appears fragmented.
In the presence of impurities, the colour changes from...
Various literary testimonies tell us how the baths of the Urbe were anything but silent.
Bathers would noisily discuss current affairs and politics, players would count at the top of their lungs how many passes they could make with a ball, while beauticians would talk loudly with the women undergo...
In the late imperial age the thermal baths became a place of perdition, severely criticised by the Romans themselves.
In fact, in the porticoes that surrounded the structures there were countless shops owned by innkeepers and tavern keepers where it was easy to come by food of all kinds, both swee...
In the most important thermal baths of the city, such as those of Caracalla, there were rooms where only fighters would go to sprinkle their skin with ceroma.
This was a substance made of oil and wax, fundamental to soften the skin, and a powder that made it rougher, in contrast to the oiliness of...
Though the Hellenistic-Roman quarter now has only the lowest part of the perimeter walls of the domus, at the time of Agrigentum, these houses, which now appear calm, would have been a mixture of bright colours.
The Romans loved to sumptuously decorate where they lived: the walls were adorned with...
In the domus of the most affluent families it was customary to have dinner in the triclinium, lying on the beds while servants brought dishes to the table.
The menu was, as a rule, composed of three first courses, two different types of roast and dessert.
After the starter, wine with honey was us...
In the Italic terra sigillata tableware found in the domus of Agrigento there are some very fine decorations obtained with the rolling method: wide rows of engravings that initially appeared only on a band in the inner base of plates, later became more and more widespread and numerous, including on ...
If we think about how the mosaics were created, it is easy to imagine the atmosphere of a building site, with its many noises: the tapping of the lapidarius structor, who broke the stones to create the tiles; the movements of the pictor parietarius, who pierced the medium on which he or she had draw...
In ancient Rome, putting oil on the body before a sporting performance was a genuine ritual.
The oils used were obtained by pressing olives between two wooden boards, and were often perfumed with aromatic herbs passed through a mortar.
In this way, the herbs released all their essence into the s...
MiC – Ministero della Cultura
Legge 77/2006 - Misure Speciali di Tutela e Fruizione dei Siti Italiani di Interesse Culturale, Paesaggistico e Ambientale, inseriti nella “Lista Del Patrimonio Mondiale”, posti sotto la Tutela dell’ UNESCO Regione Siciliana.
Assessorato dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana, Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana.
Parco archeologico della Valle dei Templi di Agrigento.
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