With more than 900    churches, hundreds of palazzos, 10 World Heritage Sites and 280 fountains (the Trevi alone sees some 700,000 euros in coin donations every year), Rome can be an overwhelming city ...

Rome has uncovered the four large marble maps illustrating its evolution and expansion, from its foundation to the apex of its empire, hanging on the Via dei Fori, in front of the Colosseum, which had ...

Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

Despite advances in modern technology, these mysterious ancient artefacts continue to baffle and intrigue experts.

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in worlds beyond the pathological ...

Where to go: Flavours Holidays take solos to beautiful settings in Italy, Spain and Morocco ... just a light rucksack and make the most of the day’s route. Equipped with maps, route notes and full ...

Italy's museums open for free on first Sunday of each month ... which houses the remaining fragments of the Forma Urbis Romae, the giant marble map of ancient Rome. Reservations to Rome's museums and ...

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...