Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Wall paintings in the early Christian church of Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome.Credit: Alamy One art historian has described it as "the ...

But while Santa Maria Antiqua escaped that, damp has damaged around 60 percent of the paintings and restorers expect to be hard at it until the end of 2007 on the $1.60 million clean-up job.

Santa Maria Antiqua was buried under rubble by an earthquake in 847 It was unearthed in 1900 and a treasure trove of early Christian art found The interior's frescoes have taken 30 years and 2.7m ...

Nestling at the foot of the hill where Rome's emperors once lived, Santa Maria Antiqua was buried under rubble by an earthquake in 847 and only uncovered in 1900.

In the format of a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book, the twenty-two articles of this weighty volume inform an expert public about the very complex site of Santa Maria Antiqua (henceforth SMA).

Santa Maria Antiqua from BraDypUS on Vimeo. "This church is the Sistine Chapel of the early Middle Ages," said art historian Maria Andaloro, who is curating an exhibition that uses digital projections ...

A sixth-century church boasting a rare collection of early Christian art is reopening to the public in Italy's capital after a restoration that took more than 30 years.