It holds your hands through the foundation of Rome, with excessive concern dedicated to the Aeneid, to the rise of the republic and the imperial period, then of Christianity and the splintering of the ...

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of ...

Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip ...

Archaeologists excavating Ostia Antica, the ancient port city of Rome, have unearthed what is now considered the oldest ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

Rome and Ostia to this day are dotted with remnants of ancient Jewish history: a menorah on the bas-relief of the ...

The birthplace of the Buddha beckons worshipers from around the world, as well as researchers ... subterranean grounds preserved under Rome—from ancient aqueducts and apartment buildings to ...

There is no better university in the world to study classical culture and ancient history: Sapienza University of Rome is ...

The enduring resonance of the Roman empire is often ... belongs more to myth than history, which makes it all the more significant”) to outlandish statements (Christians weren’t the first people to ...