Rick Steves says these 5 underrated movies are a must before a visit to Rome to better understand the people and places that ...
Archaeologists uncover a 2,500-year-old Greek statue in the Etruscan city of Vulci, revealing rare artistic links between Greece and Etruria.
Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...
Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...
A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for ...
From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...
Ancient Rome didn’t just dominate the ancient world — it pioneered extreme urban living. At its peak, between 800,000 and 1.2 ...
The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...
When travel dreams take people to Europe, Italy is often their first stop. There’s something seductively charming about this ...
A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.
A sinkhole appeared on the Piazza della Rotonda after 40 pieces of its travertine marble cobblestones suddenly gave way.
Located in western Tunisia, the plants operated between the third and sixth centuries and likely helped supply precious olive ...