[News]
Archaeological news (26-Nov-2011)
New on the website (24-Dec-2011)

[Our movies]
Computer reconstruction of Ostia
Museum and ruins merged
Footage of the excavations in 1939
Movie of Portus (the harbour district)

[Other movies]
AIRC movies of Ostia Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9
Guy de la Bédoyère's movies Baths of the Forum Baths of Mithras Casette Tipo apartments Firemen's Barracks Forum Forum Baths latrine Garden Houses apartments Great Warehouse House of Apuleius House of the Columns House of Diana #1 House of Diana #2 House of the Dioscures #1 House of the Dioscures #2 House of Jove Fulminator House of the Porch House of the Wrestlers Insula of Serapis Baths of Mithras mithraeum Piazza of the Corporations
Various movies of Ostia A lecture about Ostia (Yale) A lecture about the conservation (AIRC) Movie of Ostia Movie of Ostia (German) Movie of Ostia (Italian) 3D panoramas of Ostia Movie of Portus (Portus Project)

[Getting started]
Visiting the ruins
Introduction to Ostia
Ostia - A Mediterranean port
Ostia seen from the sky
The excavations

[The archaeological remains]
Topographical dictionary
(descriptions of all buildings; topics)
Portus (the harbour district)
The necropolis of Portus
Virtual museum
Plans, reconstructions, engravings

[Ancient written sources]
Texts
Graffiti
Inscriptions

[Research]
Bibliography
Full-text books and articles
Websites, colloquia, the people

[Varia Ostiensia]
Soprintendenza website
Ostia related links
Facebook group, contact
Guestbook

Presentation of the website (video)

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Ostia website Web

New, unpublished research on this website

The Domus delle Gorgoni: an office of the undertakers

The paintings: notes on the preservation

The paintings: an ancient showroom

Travertine stones (work in progress)

A great study about Italo Gismondi, leading architect in Ostia, has appeared: "Ricostruire l'Antico prima del virtuale. Italo Gismondi. Un architetto per l'archeologia (1887-1974)." Edizioni Quasar, Rome 2007. ISBN 88-7140-327-4.

The best guide of Ostia has been updated: "Ostia", by Carlo Pavolini. Pp. 352, € 24,00, with ill. ISBN 8842077848. Guide archeologiche Laterza (2006).