With a passion for arguing and a sharp tongue to match his extraordinary genius, Michelangelo was both the enfant prodige and ...
The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...
More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...
Hidden beneath volcanic ash for nearly 2,000 years, a Roman estate near Naples has revealed breathtaking frescoes depicting ...
Surviving images on ancient works of art frequently depict the symposium, where ancient Greeks reclined on one side to eat ...
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient paintings in Villa Cuomo, Italy, depicting Roman wine harvesting linked to Dionysus ...
Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in ...
On the Border, a Tex-Mex chain owned by Argonne Capital Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it struggles to compete in the current economic environment. Taco Bell's biggest ...
SKELETON remains tied in heavy metal chains from 1,500 years ago have been unearthed – and they belonged to a female practising an extreme religious practice. The shocking discovery, made by ...
Across town is the Basilica di Santa Chiara, dedicated to St. Clare, who embraced radical poverty to imitate St. Francis. He ...
Explore neighborhoods outside the Aurelian Walls, eat bucatini all’amatriciana at the restaurant that introduced it to Rome, ...
The remains of a young man, found in his bed in the destroyed town of Herculaneum, included glassy fragments that had mystified archaeologists ...