Ancient buildings like Greece’s amphitheaters and Japan’s temples remain in use today, preserving cultural heritage.

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...

While the legendary statues of ancient Greece and Rome are now known the world over as stark white works of art housed in museums and galleries, those who viewed them 2,000 years ago would have had a ...

The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

ASHBOURNE, England (AP) — This ancient form of soccer has a rule forbidding ... for 1 1/2 miles (2 1/2 kilometers) before scoring. A ball is goaled when it is hit three times against one of ...

Once the lifeline of the Roman Empire, the Appian Way connected cities, armies, and trade like never before. Over 2,000 years later, parts of this ancient road are still in use! What secrets does ...

The ancient Greeks were polluting their environment ... that show similar lead peaks associated with the rise of Rome, McConnell said. Before this peak, there was no detectable lead pollution ...

A new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, located near Naples, to produce major eruptions in the future.

The ancient road that ran through northern Greece and connected Rome to Byzantium. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Roman civilization is well known for its stunning mosaics ...

(AP video shot by Silvia Stellacci) A singer and a trumpeter performed a serenade of Ave Maria below Pope Francis’ windows at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he is being treated for double pneumonia.