Agnes Crawford is originally from London, read Architectural History at Edinburgh University, and has lived in Rome since 2000. She is qualified as a guide by the city of Rome, and offers private tours at understandingrome.com
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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‘Rome without people isn’t really Rome at all’ – notes from a city under quarantine
With the whole of Italy in lockdown, the streets of Rome are empty – and the city without visitors has a strange and confusing atmosphere