Rome, Italy, is teeming with ancient Roman ruins as grand as the Colosseum and as unique as the Pantheon. But the city also has some remarkably relatable ruins — like a 1,700-year-old “dry ...
In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The catastrophe famously entombed, and preserved, the city’s villas, ...
Pope Francis says he hopes to travel to Turkey next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, ...
A Darlington man has found a 1700-year-old coin from the reign of Constantine the Great. Mark McMullan, an experienced metal detectorist, has described the "buzz" of the discovery and how it stands ...
Lightning has struck Rome's Constantine Arch near the Colosseum during a violent thunderstorm, loosening fragments from the ancient structure. The fragments from Tuesday's lightning strike were ...