The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.

Stripped and abandoned, New Rome lay forgotten until the Italian government turned the EUR into a business district. Today, it’s a corporate hub with restaurants, shops and residential areas. Walking ...

Archaeologists working at the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s grand palace in ancient Rome, have uncovered a rare and remarkable artifact: a large ingot of Egyptian blue, the world’s first synthetic ...

Laura Itzkowitz is a Rome-based freelance journalist who thinks about the Roman Empire all the time. She has visited the Colosseum in the morning, in the evening after the crowds have left ...

Hanno is defined by the film’s most formidable character, Macrinus, played by the Mephistophelean Denzel Washington, as a person who is driven by rage—which is the first word of the founding tome of ...

Though it's not as popular as the Colosseum (but located nearby), the Roman Forum is more interesting, according to some reviewers. The Roman Forum comprises much of the Ancient Rome's most ...

The challenge when visiting Rome is deciding what not to do ... Insider’s tip: Purchase a Full Experience ticket (Colosseum-Roman Forum-Palatine Hill-SUPER) that also includes entrance to ...

Kenny Wallace's 'unbelievable' experience in Rome left fans amazed as he shared his awe of Saint Peter's Square and Italy's ...

The ruins of a Roman apartment block go unnoticed in the shadow of Rome’s Il Vittoriano and Santa Maria Aracoeli (Getty Images) Just outside the Porta Maggiore is an incongruous sight.

ROME - Italy are aiming to further improve their Six Nations performance as they begin a campaign marking the 25th ...