Beneath the Tuscan soil, a student archaeologist uncovered a 1,700-year-old statue with a twist—its head didn’t belong, and ...

Archaeologists excavating a private property in Florence, Italy, discovered a 20-inch statue of Hercules missing its head, ...

The papyrus of Senemnetjer is among the earliest known examples of this funerary text, which was used to guide the soul of ...

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

Tuscany is known for its rolling hills with neat rows of vineyards and centuries-old olive groves, medieval towns brimming ...

The Renaissance, as a wall label in Reimagining the Renaissance reminds us, began in Italy six centuries ago but its ...

In celebrating the 700th anniversary of the poet Dante Alighieri’s death, Pope Francis opened his 2021 apostolic letter ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

ancient villages and bustling cities, they discover mouthwatering dishes, epic scenery and hidden family stories.” During Florence’s episode, the pair ventured to Oxford, the Yorkshire coast ...

This photo provided by João Zilhão shows forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals. (João Zilhão via AP) 33,571 ...

ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other. Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside ...