Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might have been an unpleasant experience ...

In 2024 Banks was among the team which came across what is thought to be the first Roman bed to be found in Britain during a ...

As one of history's most famous figures, many stop to wonder what Cleopatra VII Philopator really looked like.

When most people envision the victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79 that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, they think of the casts of their bodies made by pouring plaster ...

Swap Rome for one of these five alternative breathtaking Italian cities - While the Eternal City is one of the country’s headline act, it does come with one major downside: the crowds. So here are som ...

Something haunting happens when you stand in the ruins of a place once teeming with life. The silence speaks louder than the ...

For ancient craftspeople, who had to fashion everything by hand, specialized tools such as saws and awls must have been among their most prized possessions. For a people as artistically accomplished ...

The largest collection of papal artifacts anywhere outside of Rome is coming to the Mall of America in January, with hundreds of items on display – from the second-oldest papal signature outside of ...

STUNNED archaeologists have uncovered a secret Roman villa that’s been dubbed “Port Talbot’s Pompeii”. The remarkable find is ...

The eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79 was the gravest natural disaster to strike Italy during the peak of the Roman Empire, killing more than a thousand people in nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny ...

The rules can’t be remixed. A Mexican museum scolded popstar Bad Bunny for posting a picture touching a historic relic during a recent trip. The Puerto Rican star slated to headline the Super Bowl in ...

Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay vessels—and showed what fantastic discoveries modern scuba gear made possible. This ...