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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

Italy's ancient Pompeii park cracks down on daily visitors to combat overtourism Famous Roman city buried under ash after Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 AD sees influx of tourists.

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 ...

Excavations in southern Italy have unearthed terracotta bull heads and a figurine of the Greek god Eros riding a dolphin, shining new light on the religious life and rituals of an ancient city ...

This undated photo shows the area where a newly discovered sanctuary, which dates from the 5th century B.C., was first identified in 2019 along the ancient city walls of Paestum, Southern Italy.