Once the bustling center of political, social, and religious life in ancient Rome, the Roman Forum still whispers stories of emperors, triumphs, and daily life. Today, visitors can walk the same paths ...

With one of the largest and most significant empires in history, the Romans ruled territories across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for more than a thousand years. Their legacy lives on ...

Rome is built directly over its ancient past, where ruins hide inside churches, streets, and modern buildings. From baths ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in the United Kingdom found an oven used for making construction materials, photos show. Photo from Cotswold Archaeology Sifting through the damp ...

ROME — Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport with artifacts from an ancient era. Commuters and tourists entering ...

NATO refuses to say that it will refrain from bombing an ancient UNESCO heritage site if it knew Gaddafi was hiding military equipment there; a look at some of Libya’s extraordinary Roman ruins. This ...