Ancient buildings like Greece’s amphitheaters and Japan’s temples remain in use today, preserving cultural heritage.

After Rome conquered Ancient Greece, it turned Sparta into a theme park, with performances for tourists showcasing its ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marvelling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — ...

This ancient town boasted its own temple, baths, forum and amphitheatre. It even garnered mentions by ancient Rome’s leading literary giants, Virgil and Pliny the Elder. Despite the ancient town ...

You don’t have to go back to school to have a rich experience at an ancient site — just make sure to bring a healthy dose of ...

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of secrets, from the Vatican Museums to Ostia Antica.

Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.

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Excavations at a central Italian city upended the belief that it served as a “backwater town” during the Roman era, finding instead it was a thriving centre till the 3rd century. At such a critical ...