In a dense forest in southern Italy, archaeologists have discovered a Roman wall, over two millennia old, constructed to halt the infamous rebel gladiator Spartacus and his army. Built by the Roman ...

An ancient stone wall used by hikers on the Italian peninsula was built to trap a famed gladiator, officials said. Ministry of Culture When imagining the epic era of Roman gladiators, one name is ...

Where the heel meets the boot of the Italian peninsula, along the Ionian Sea, lies the ancient city of Taranto. The city was founded by the Spartans in 706 B.C., and according to Greek mythology ...

There exists today a tiny enclave of Calabrian Greeks, Greek-speaking people in Reggio Calabria, Italy, that seem to have survived millennia.

Two-dozen ancient bronze sculptures found in Italy ... a mysterious people who once ruled parts of the Italian Peninsula and whose language has yet to be deciphered. In addition to full-body ...

Archaeologists have discovered ancient altars and inscribed marble slabs submerged along the Italian coast near Naples ... an ancient kingdom on the Arabian Peninsula whose rock-carved "Treasury ...

On this Mediterranean island, as in other parts of Italy and the world, architects, researchers, agronomists, and other professionals have rediscovered the value of ancient farming practices ...