The tombs and their decorations, including marble-carved inscriptions, frescoes, and mosaic floors, were well-preserved due to a series of mudslides that occurred in the area. The Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The tombs of two 19th-century German princesses were pried open at a tiny Holy See cemetery Thursday and turned out to be completely empty, dashing any expectations they held ...

Archaeologists have found the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, which included the famous pharoah ...

The majority of the 108-acre country — including towers, apartments, restoration labs, tombs and secret archives — is off-limits without a Vatican City passport. For a rare look inside the ...

The largest and most famous church in the world, St. Peter’s Basilica is built over the tomb of Saint Peter and ... A peaceful sanctuary within the Vatican, these gardens have been a place ...

The altar was built above the tomb of Saint Peter. A man jumped onto the altar of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Friday, knocking off six candelabra worth about 30,000 euros (Rs 27,15,750 ...