Villa Medici is not a hotel; but if you can snag a room at what’s in fact the French Academy in Rome, you’re in for a design ...

A loaf of bread, divided into eight slices, lies preserved in Pompeii, where it was found inside an earthen oven. Wheat bread ...

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Provence is a world-famous region that entices visitors with its idyllic countryside, historic towns, and charming villages ...

Rome still plays host to several structures from the city’s heyday as the capital of one of the biggest empires the world has ever seen. Others, sadly, have long disappeared from the city’s ancient ...

In the former Beverly Hills of Roman London, archaeologists were astonished to find thousands of fragments from Roman walls ...

Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for sunbathing, medieval charm, and fairy-tale gardens. TRAVEL Here are 5 towns near the Eternal City ...

Perched on a hill overlooking the town of Alès, the site, which was salvaged before construction on modern houses began, also ...

Scattered in pieces, the city's largest area of painted Roman plaster was found amid the rubble, dating back at least 1,800 ...

The idea is to make tangible again the spiritual scope of the vine: its biblical roots, its monastic cultivation, and its ...

The decorated plaster was found dumped in a large pit at a London development site that has previously yielded other ...

A remarkable archaeological find in the heart of London has revealed one of the most extensive collections of Roman frescoes ever found in the city.