Morimasa Hibino, 69, lost his balance and fell to his death from the outer wall of the ancient temple in the Italian capital.

The art of the perfect weekend getaway lies in maximizing every precious hour while maintaining that delicate balance between ...

While pumpkin spice is available in one form or another all year long, sales of pumpkin-spiced products increase ...

Archaeologists led by University of Missouri professor Marcello Mogetta have uncovered a massive stone-lined water basin in the ancient Roman city of Gabii, just eleven miles east of Rome. Built ...

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Step back into the world of Ancient Rome, mapped out through Google Earth with unit placements that bring history to life.

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome's main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church's once every quarter-century celebration that ...

Archaeologists uncover how early humans in Italy butchered elephants and forged survival from their bones 400,000 years ago.

To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...

While the mayors of the cities did sign a peace treaty in 1985, it was a symbolic gesture. In reality, the wars between the two ancient civilizations ended more than 2,000 years prior when Rome ...

Rome once had a near-equal rival just 11 miles away in the early days of the empire. The ancient Roman city of Gabii may not ...