Planning a trip to Rome is all about preparation. The Eternal City is full of history, architecture, and culture. It’s more ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his "humble, simple and essential" life.

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

This city in Tuscany is often overlooked when compared to Rome or Florence, but it is brimming with wonderful Medieval art ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

Archaeologists excavating a necropolis in Liternum Archaeological Park in Campania, southern Italy, have uncovered two ornate funerary enclosures, one of which belonged to a gladiator and bears an ...