It’s the people that make Rome. It’s the depth of history within individual lives.” The Roman Forum has been opened to the public free of charge, returning to its ancient role as the city ...

The pope’s portrait is everywhere these days. Here, we found it in a store of liturgical paraphernalia in central Rome. There were also many other symbols around, as a testament to how religion and ...

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

The Romans did have status symbols, just like we do. Portable sundials weren’t very useful or precise, but they said a lot ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

As the most enduring symbol of the ... Quintili's Villa on the ancient Appian Way. Recent visitors praise the guides on this tour for bringing the stories about ancient Rome to life and ...

Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was ... raise a flag over the love for ancient Rome expressed by our contemporary ...