The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings Around the Alps in Switzerland was just named the most stunning UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the ...

Archaeologists excavating the historic Rusovce Mansion found an ancient Roman water pipe, a first-of-its-kind find for Slovakia, photos show. Photo from the University of Trnava Digging into the ...

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the first-century Arch of Titus, commemorating the emperor’s sacking of Jerusalem ...

ROME (AP) — An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city's Palatine Hill was reopened to tourists on Thursday, nearly 50 years after its closure for restoration. The nearly 2,000-year-old ...

If staying in a hotel room just doesn't cut the mustard with you anymore, there is the option to broaden your horizons by going on holiday at a 14th century castle just a 25 minute drive from ...

Sunny with a high of 47 °F (8.3 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 16 mph (6.4 to 25.7 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 14 mph (9.7 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 31 °F (-0.6 °C ...

The decade-long research, published recently in Roman Urbanism in Italy, rewrites the timeline of the ancient empire’s collapse. So far, at sites across the city Interamna Lirenas ...

Study co-lead Professor Tim Johnson, from Curtin University, said the discovery significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history. "Before our discovery, the oldest ...

The findings come from a study of bone tools discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and dated to around 1.5 million years ago. The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old ...

The San Lorenzo neighborhood of Rome, with walls loaded with street art, is one of the underrated parts of the Eternal City that locals love to show curious visitors. With monumental baroque fountains ...