The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

Many families choose Italy for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation thanks to its unique historical sites, gorgeous and idyllic villages, and well, the food and wine. But if I had a dime ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria ...

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

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

In this three-hour Ancient Rome tour, we will look closely at this period and how ... the story of the Caesars and their political adventures at the turn of the millennium, the intersection of art and ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

With St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Paul Outside the Walls, it is one of four basilicas in Rome granted special status by ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands ... Which is why the recent ...

Surprisingly, "we don't know enough about just who made these marbles," though it's suspected that many artists in ancient ...

When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something unexpected. As crews in Rome ...