There’s a reason Rome is nicknamed “the eternal city ... There’s also a lavishly appointed spa complex inspired by the ancient Roman Baths of Caracalla that manages to be at once ...

I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

Online visitors can navigate the Vatican basilica’s mosaics, the cupola, the underground necropolis and Peter’s tomb. A ...

Italy is world-renowned for its art, and there's nowhere better to see this art on display than its museums. These are the ...

This map shows the approximate location of the major ... From about 15 BC, the Atrebates seem to have established friendly relations with Rome, and it was an appeal for help from the last ...

Obelisks had a prominent role in the architecture and religion of ancient Egypt. This list contains all known remaining ancient Egyptian obelisks. The list does not include modern or pre-modern pseudo ...

A map of ancient Alexandria. The Library was located in the Royal ... Meanwhile, Alexandrian scholarship was probably introduced to Rome in the first century BC by Tyrannion of Amisus, a student of ...

The Obelisk of Theodosius is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Thutmose III, first erected during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. It was re-erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople by the Roman ...