The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

Every 25 years, believers from around the world flock to Rome to step through one of its four holy doors and have their sins ...

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with ...

The best hotels in Rome complement the Eternal City’s rich tapestry of art, culture and cuisine. With a hospitality scene that has just hit its stride, this city seemingly debuts new hotels each ...

a half-hour train ride outside the capital city. Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the first-century Arch of Titus ...

There, hidden from view, are the sunken remains of an ancient port, believed to be part of the bygone city of Asini, that was once perched ... storage jars popular in ancient Greece and ancient Rome) ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient underground city beneath Abarkuh, Iran, where residents in Iran escaped above-ground heat. In the subterranean settlement, they found an aqueduct to transport ...

View of the three-dimensional map on the Ségognole 3 cave floor. Credit: Dr. Médard Thiry Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest 3D map, located within a quartzitic sandstone ...

The excavation of an ancient Roman city has rewritten the history of the ... allowing the team to map dates for when it was inhabited. They hypothesize residents fled the town in fear of enemy ...