Rock singers including Sting and Peter Gabriel could perform at the Colosseum, its new director has said. Simone Quilici ...

Discover Tuscany’s charming countryside, Florence’s art treasures, Venice’s grand waterways, and Rome’s ancient sites on this Italian getaway. Begin in Padua, with a boat ride to the ...

At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...

Triumphal arches have been used for imperialistic ends since Roman antiquity, and the president’s latest proposal is no exception.

The ruins of Byzantine culture in Constantinople in today's Istanbul remind the world of the great Byzantine Empire of ...

By ingesting massive amounts of data, AI has revolutionized historical preservation by enabling the creation of detailed 3D ...

Italy has a unique charm that stays with you long after you leave. With so many iconic sites and picture-perfect towns to see ...

Experts say the notorious emperor Commodus may have survived an assassination attempt inside this tunnel, which is now open ...

Walk the S-shaped way emperors slipped into the arena, virtually restored. Visitors to Rome will soon do something no ...

A once-secret passage used by Emperor Commodus to access the Rome Colosseum is opening to the public for the first time, ...

This walk explores the exterior of the Colosseum and nearby Trajan's Market. Includes views of surrounding ruins and the Colosseo metro entrance.

In our roundup of travel stories this week: the seven-foot “monster” that stalked West Virginia, the Roman tunnel ...