Most of us have skeletons in our closets, but they can also lurk in much less familiar places. Literally.

The 35 winners of the highly prestigious Rome Prize were announced today. The prizes are awarded to American artists and ...

Italian grape and wine domestication took 7,000 years. Seeds show a shift from wild to cultivated types. Sardinia played a key role early.

Lying in state at St Peter’s Basilica, Francis’s body is low to the ground without any papal regalia next to his body. While ...

Scientific testing is being carried out on a ritually buried skeleton discovered near to a popular tourist attraction in ...

While excavating a site for the University of Gloucestershire, archaeologists discovered the remnants of two old churches and ...

From the fall of Rome to the rise of Christianity, Tom Holland's books offer a modern lens on ancient history. Here, we rank ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

As a restorer who specialized in late medieval and early Renaissance paintings from Italy, he was in intimate touch with the ...

A wine shop sign in the ruins of the ancient Roman city Herculaneum’s main street. The sign tells viewers to 'come to the sign of the bowls' (ad cucumas). Some of the wines also have vintage dates.

For an interesting and off-the-beaten-path destination in Italy, head to this quiet coastal town near a national park that is ...