Rock singers including Sting and Peter Gabriel could perform at the Colosseum, its new director has said. Simone Quilici ...

The roar of a crowd. A sound that countless gladiators heard as they walked out onto the sands of the Roman arena. A sound that you can still hear today in stadiums around the world, where athletes ...

MILAN - Don't expect gladiators to make a latter-day comeback. And soccer has already been ruled out. But an archaeologist's proposal to return the Colosseum's storied arena to the state it was in ...

A newly revealed secret passage beneath the Colosseum lets visitors step into spaces once reserved only for emperors. Here's how you can see it.

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ROME — They built it, and people came. Teenage boys, mostly, from Roma Nord, Ostia, Prenestina, Monterotondo and other suburbs, trekking to Rome’s city center, boards in hand, to heelflip and airwalk ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

The newly restored underground corridor, once reserved for the emperor's hidden walk to his honor box, still bears clamps ...

Rome is opening up a passageway underneath the Colosseum that emperors once used to visit gladiators. The Passage of Commodus ...

The tunnel connected the emperor's box, positioned prominently on the south side of the Colosseum, to the amphitheater’s exterior. This strategic design allowed the ruler to enter and exit without ...