A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

But Italy’s capital is so much more than its awe-inspiring Renaissance buildings and ancient ruins—with a population of over four million, Rome is a fast-paced city on par with cosmopolitan ...

The Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff in ancient Rome. It was commonly used during the Roman Republic as an execution site. The Tarpeian Rock was a steep cliff in ancient Rome. It was commonly used ...

The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance artists centuries later Eli Wizevich The Greek document details a court ...

This past month, a full moon blocked Mars from view. Historically, some have taken that as a sign for peace as Mars has been the “planet of war and conflict in many cultures, from ancient ...

Situated beyond S. Giovanni, due east of the city centre, Pigneto is primarily a ...

Evie Dallmann advocates for integrating spirituality into the scientific method through references to traditional and ...

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The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising. A ...