An excavation at the Tell Abu Sefeh site in Egypt revealed sophisticated military fortifications from the Ptolemaic and Roman ...

Before visiting Rome, Vatican City, and Italy's religious sites, read this Rick Steves-recommended book to better understand the popes and their history.

From protein-filled meals to the benefits of lentils and intermittent fasting, the Classical world had strong opinions about ...

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It’s this deep, foundational link between Virgil and ancient Greece that gave Rome its epic voice and made him stand out from the crowd of poets of that era. Aeneas flees Troy with his father and son.

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of over 100 buried horses dating back to ancient Rome – but the skeletons weren't found in Italy. The excavation took place at Bad Cannstatt ...

New to the map in April 2025 ... Just 100 feet from Rome’s most intact ancient monument, Armando al Pantheon champions local food traditions. For more than five decades, the Gargioli family ...

who claimed that the Pope tasked him with safeguarding the cultural heritage of ancient Rome. Portrait of a Young Woman, known as the Maiden of Vulci, Mid-1st Century BCE. Roman, late Republican ...

Rome, Italy – About 250,000 mourners in Vatican City fell into hushed silence on Saturday morning as the funeral for Pope Francis began. The church choir echoed through loudspeakers across the ...

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Discovered in Sippar, Iraq, the Imago Mundi stands as the oldest known map of the world ... This incredible artifact from ancient Iraq provides invaluable insight ...

In the 1960s and 1990s, excavations in the ancient graveyard of Mözs-Icsei-dülö in Hungary ... a substantial period of cultural transformation took hold. As Rome crumbled, centuries of conflict with ...