He conducted Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” with pianist Mitsuko Uchida, then returned this weekend with a premiere of ...

A precious gem found at Carlisle's Roman Bathhouse has illuminated the intricacies of religion on Rome's northernmost frontier.

Tourists and locals will be able to see Rome's Trevi Fountain from a new angle by walking across a footbridge erected while it undergoes maintenance work.

ROME (AP) -- The Pompeii archaeological park plans to limit ... a record summer that saw more than 4 million people visiting ...

St. John Lateran's facade bears the Latin inscription of "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World." ...

Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and ...

Pompeii is located about 150 miles (241 kilometers) from Rome. The study builds upon research from 2022 when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and confirmed the ...

A pit of human bones, potential evidence of a catastrophic epidemic that struck Constantinople in 541 A.D. Sulfur deposits ...

Archaeologists began excavating a site in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in 2017 ahead of home construction. They expected to find something because of the area’s proximity to Excisum, a prosperous ancient Roman ...

Cato the Elder was a senator during the Roman Republic. After a trip to Carthage, he became convinced that Carthage was a ...

A pair of keen-eyed anglers noticed something abnormal sticking out of the seafloor off the coast of Sicily, Italy. When marine archaeologists investigated, they found dozens of rare ancient items.