Archaeologists in Italy’s Valle dei Templi have uncovered ancient Greek baths, pottery kilns, and early Christian tombs in a ...

The ancient Greeks founded Naples in the first millennium BCE. What legends exist about its origin, and what does archaeology ...

Discover the lesser-known town in Italy that features Roman-style structures made from a stone that glows in the light, ...

Italy said it repatriated 266 ancient artifacts worth tens of millions of euros from the United States, where they had been brought and sold during the late 1990s by an international network of ...

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. A trove of ancient coins and gems has been unearthed in northern Italy, marking the latest treasure discovery in an ongoing archaeological effort to ...

Officials from Trentino, Italy, announced the discovery of a "monumental necropolis" in Trento, an ancient burial site from the Iron Age dating back to the 9th century B.C.

Ancient Romans controlled the city by around 275 B.C., renaming it Paestum from the Greek “Poseidonia,” in what had before been Magna Graecia.

From sketched ideas in the Codex Atlanticus, Leonardo da Vinci's largest collection of documents and drawings, his innovative ...

A new book. Genìa Da Vinci. unveils a breakthrough finding by the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project: The Y chromosome shared by six male-line descendants of his family living in Italy today.

An ancient clay figurine dating to the Iron Age has been found in Lake Bolsena, Italy. Unearthed by underwater archaeologists, this incomplete statuette offers a glimpse into life during the 10th ...

Italy’s famed Sforza Castle is a focal point for historians, architects, and art lovers—as well as a source of many legends. One of the most prominent rumors surrounding the over 575-year-old ...

Archaeologists Followed a Sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. It Led to Secret Tunnels Under an Ancient Castle. The ancient mystery needed a bit of high-tech help to come to light ...