From ancient Rome to modern America, the impulse to wall off economies in times of crisis has proven consistently disastrous.

East of Naples near the town of Telese, engineers are cutting into the foothills of the southern Apennine mountains. The straight lines and white gleaming concrete of new high-speed train tunnels and ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

Archaeologists have recently unearthed the remarkably well-preserved remains of a dog from ancient Rome, shedding light on ...

"It was quite a surprise to find it there a few centimeters beneath the ground." Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...

Excavations at a necropolis outside of Liternum, near modern-day Naples, have found two ornate funerary enclosures.

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its kind in Europe. On March 10, Italian officials announced the discovery ...

A 1,600-year-old Jewish bath, also known as a mikveh, was recently uncovered in Italy – and the find is the oldest of its ...

The ancient city of Rome is nothing short of mesmerizing—and staying in one of the best Airbnbs in Rome makes it all the ...