Centuries ago, it was said that Benevento was a gathering place for the occult. Today, superstitions still run deep ...

At the northern end of Hadrian’s Wall, volunteers and archaeology students uncovered pottery, metalwork, soldiers’ tools, and ...

The Italian art police still don’t know who took the brilliantly illuminated manuscript page from a Franciscan friary, and ...

A Roman military camp has been discovered in the Swiss Alps, offering unprecedented insights into ancient military strategies ...

Under the direction of the Office of Archaeological Heritage of the Provincial Superintendence of Cultural Heritage, ...

The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.

The organization Rete l'Abuso, the largest victim advocacy group in Italy, has documented nearly 4,400 people who have been ...

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Erupting in AD 541–542 and returning for centuries, the Byzantine plague almost destroyed Justinian’s Byzantium.

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.

The ‘Cadaver Trial’ of the dead Pope Formosus would have to be one of the most absurd events in Rome’s history. Nine months after the Pope died, his body was exhumed and his rotting corpse was placed ...

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