Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm ...

North of Ancient Rome are the districts of Corso and Spagna ... Trastevere is located west of the Tiber River and south of Vatican City, far enough from the hustle and bustle of central Rome ...

Award-winning historian Bettany Hughes presents this eight-part documentary series about ancient Rome, exploring each day in-depth ... the day Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River, the day ...

"As we get older, our travels become less about partying, and more about having unique and authentic cultural experiences." ...

Experience the charm of our Rome itinerary. From iconic attractions to hidden gems, indulge in the city's history, art and ...

influenced how Greece and later Rome conceptualized India. Perhaps the most celebrated of these ancient maritime odysseys was that of Nearchus, commander of Alexander’s fleet, who was tasked with ...

Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it ...

Virgil was one of Rome's most prolific poets, but how much was he influenced by ancient Greece and Greek writers like Homer?

Although molecular traces of ancient wines have been found staining pottery walls, this is the oldest wine in a liquid state ...

a powerful Phoenician colony in modern-day Tunisia and one of ancient Rome’s most formidable enemies. Carthaginians were known as “Punic people” to the Romans, and the two civilizations ...

the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook. The park, located in Rome, said that it recently bid farewell to "the beautiful stone head." The head was ...