Explore Rome, the Eternal City, in a virtual tour of its most iconic landmarks and historic sites. Visit the Colosseum, the ...

In this hour, it's the grandeur of ancient Rome -- lavish decoration for lavish palaces and massive monuments for massive egos. This is European art. Thanks for joining us.

Andrew Medichini/AP Italy said the returned works were worth more than $20 million overall. The fresco, done in the classic style of Pompeiian art, depicts Hercules as a child strangling a snake.

Beyond its ancient ruins and Baroque landmarks, Rome has quietly become a hub for vibrant, large-scale street art. From forgotten industrial zones to hidden alleys, this video explores how local and ...

Sixteen people were arrested and more than 3,500 artefacts were recovered as Italian police broke up what they called a ruthless network of archaeological looters and international traffickers in ...

Accessible via the Colosseo and Circo Massimo metro stops. The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient Rome is at the center of the city, in part of a larger area called the Centro Storico (or ...

Rome authorities this month opened a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over.

ROME – Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned loans of works to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, following a dispute with the U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been ...

That is a theme of “Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth From Rome and Pompeii” at the San Antonio Museum of Art, which has gathered about 65 wall paintings, relief sculptures, mosaics ...

Investigators say they have figured out how bronze statues from a shrine built 2,000 years ago in Asia Minor to venerate the emperors of Rome ended up in museums around the world.

How was Rome founded? Not in a day, and not by twins. The mythical Romulus and Remus may get the credit, but Rome's archaeology reveals that local tribes established the ancient kingdom.

ROME (AP) — A fresco depicting Hercules and originally from Herculaneum, a city destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius, was back in Italy Monday, along with 59 ...