Tension is once again high among the tour guides working at the Pompeii excavations, who, on February 13, 2026, took to the streets to protest the archaeological park's decision to close ...

The word graffiti is Italian and first attested in that language in the middle of the 19th century. It derives from the Greek verb grapho, meaning to scratch, draw or write; modern languages are full ...

A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii recently identified 2,000-year-old love notes — a discovery only made because of advanced technology.

Across history, some of the world’s most advanced cities have vanished beneath ash, mud, water, and sediment. Unlike cities destroyed by war, these were overwhelmed by forces far beyond human control, ...