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Museo Barracco in Rome houses some of the most interesting art in Italy. Ranging from Egyptian, Greek and Phoenician art to Roman provincial and medieval art, this museum is full of exciting discoveries. The Egyptian section of the collection was the earliest nucleus of works which Giovanni Barracco brought together, cataloguing them progressively in order of acquisition. The museum’s current inventory is the same one that Barracco originally created. The works were acquired on the auction market, principally in Paris, and in some cases taken from the excavations themselves.

The highly developed civilization of Ancient Egypt along the Nile Valley encompasses more than thirty centuries, which can be divided chronologically into the most important dynasties. The Museo Barracco can be found at corso Vittorio Emanuele 166/A – 00186, close to many apartment in Rome and hotels Rome.

The Palantine Museum is definitely worth a visit. Here you will find everything you ever wanted to know about the Roman mythology about how Rome began – with Romulus and Remus. As legend has it, Palantine Hill is where the two baby children were cared for and protected by the she-wolf that fed them on her milk. As legend has it, the two boys were found and taken in by a local shepherd and his wife and they went on to kill their great-uncle who seized the throne from their father, and decided to build a city together on the banks of the River Tiber. Romulus and Remus had a violent argument and in a fit of anger, Romulus killed Remus and decided to establish a new city, giving Rome its name.

The Emperor Augustus made the Palatino his official power-centre and initiated a building programme which saw the construction of imperial palaces, and various restructuring and enlargement of existing buildings built by pervious emperors. The museum is located in Caesar’s Palace where, among the monuments collected from the hill site, various artefacts of Iron Age tombs and works of art from imperial buildings are exhibited. The most stunning of these works of art are the decorative pictures in the lecture room of Isiaca. This museum is at Piazza S. Maria Nova, 53 and is also conveniently placed close to Rome accommodation.
Finally, the Rome Museum should not be missed. To get there; Go to Termini stop (MA-MB-FS), Take Line N. 64 (PIAZZA STAZIONE S. PIETRO) to 9 stops.

Get off at stop CORSO VITTORIO EMANUELE/S. A. DELLA VALLE and walk 200 metres to via di San Pantaleo. The museum “possesses a wide variety of articles relating to the history of the city from the Middle Ages to the first half of the 20th century. They bear witness to the transformations that occurred geographically and in the various aspects of cultural life in the Capital.” This museum is jam packed with goodies for you to goggle at, including; frescoes and mosaics, ceramics, costumes and fabrics, paintings from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries, photographs, old books, furniture and trains and carriages.