Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

Crucially, these findings contradict a long-standing theory that domestication in Europe occurred much earlier – some 6,000 ...

Step back into the world of Ancient Rome, mapped out through Google Earth with unit placements that bring history to life.

"We show that the earliest domestic cat genomes in Europe are found from the Roman imperial period onwards," starting in the ...

The Olympic flame for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games was lit today in Ancient Olympia, the historic birthplace of the Olympic Games. The ceremony marks the beginning of the flame’s ...

Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed series has found its first cast member, Toby Wallace. Filming is being eyed to begin ...

List advisor and family travel expert Carolyn Ryberg shares her favorite family-friendly recommendations for activities, hotels, and restaurants in Rome.

The Bucharest National Opera will open the Romania–Italy Cultural Year 2026 with a gala concert in Rome on December 1, ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — At a temple in Ancient Olympia, a flame is drawn from the sun to begin its journey to the Winter Games. The choreographed ceremony inspired by ancient Greece is designed ...

A new book, co-edited by Barbara Faedda, focuses on this strategic Mediterranean port city.