Spending a few days taking it slow in sweltering Rome... the Museo Nazionale Romano in the Palazzo Massimo just gets better every time I go back. The substantial remains of the "
Scopri il Massimo" exhibit (18 December 2008 - 7 June 2009) are worth a look -- the paintings from the Columbarium in the Villa Pamphilj are wonderful (including the fisherman above).
First time I've seen the Warrior of Lanuvium's belt on display in the
Baths of Diocletian (though it could have been out for years for all I know):
The Etruscan museum at the Villa Giulia is due to (re)open about a dozen galleries this fall [I happened to read this in a newspaper and failed to note the details].
In other news: Confiscation of smuggled antiquities in Calabria. [
ANSA]
