“The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse” is a saying that holds true for the Roman Empire, which expanded ...

In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in Vienna’s neighboring town of Simmerling. Archeologists from the Vienna ...

Access to the Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica will be limited as Pope Francis’s passing triggers a lengthy period of ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill ... Laura Itzkowitz The site of many bloody gladiatorial fights, the Colosseum (Colosseo in Italian ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an extensive Roman settlement in northwestern Germany — beyond the borders of the ...

Like the American one, the Roman Republic was founded on the rejection of a king. Rome had a representative government that, though flawed, was based on the rule of law, with freedom of speech and ...

coming from the Aqua Virgo — an ancient Roman aqueduct 16 kilometers (10 miles) away. Two electric pumps recycle 126 liters (33 gallons) of water per second while Rome’s water management ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis arrived on Thursday ... Francis visited the same Roman prison on Holy Thursday in 2018 to celebrate the mass “In Coena Domini” -- or The Lord’s Supper ...

Objects come from archaeological sites across Jordan ... From June to September, Rome’s liveliest summer party, the Estate Romana (Roman Summer), takes place on the embankments of the Tiber ...