Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely ...

When people think of eunuchs, someone like Lord Varys from Game of Thrones often springs to mind. Chubby, obsequious and a ...

The interior of the Ulisse Gallery in Rome. People tour the Yang Yexin exhibition with one of his clocks in the background.

Ancient civilizations have always fascinated historians and the public. Because of how different the modern world is, we tend ...

The Eternal City is hosting its ninth edition of “RAW – Rome Art Week” – an artistic initiative dedicated entirely to contemporary art – where over 192 structures, 619 artists and 85 curators will be ...

The Western and Eastern Roman Empires by 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD) – the two halves of the Roman Empire ended at different times, with the Western Roman Empire coming to an end in ...

What do we want from a visit to Rome? For me, it’s the obvious – the ancient ruins, the art, the churches, the food – but ...

A UNESCO World Heritage site, Hampi features stunning temples and ruins from the Vijayanagara Empire amidst a picturesque landscape. Surrounded by lush jungle, Tikal was a significant Mayan city known ...

presenting antiquarian debates that pitted the artistic authority of ancient Greece against that of ancient Rome. A fierce proponent of Roman superiority, he published the four-volume Antiquities of ...

Credit: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Graffiti is something we are very familiar with, but how many of us knew that this form of art was common in ancient Greece ...

The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient Rome is at the center of the city, in part of a larger area called the Centro Storico (or historic district). View the Colosseum, which centuries ago, would ...