GROTTAFERRATA, Italy (Reuters) – (This November 30 story corrects in second paragraph to make clear order not founded by St. Basil and in eleventh paragraph, Italo-Greek rite, not Italo-Albanian) In ...

Rocks have been found to hold many traces of Earth's ancient history, but usually geologists have to seek them out. Every ...

In the southern Italian town of Matera, a system of natural caves called Sassi first inhabited during the Paleolithic Age has become a bustling tourist destination. It’s something of a full-circle ...

A stunning Roman mosaic has been uncovered beneath a vineyard in Northern Italy. The mosaic was first discovered over a century ago, according to a statement released by officials in Negrar di ...

This undated photo shows a terracotta figurine of Eros riding a dolphin found in a newly discovered sanctuary, which dates from the 5th century B.C., that was first identified in 2019 along the ...

Jacopo Tabolli, the Etruscan specialist who led the project, said it was an “unparalleled” discovery that promised to shed new light on the period. It was discovered during a three-year excavation of ...

In the summer of 2023, Claudia Steffensen embarked on a hike through the picturesque Italian Alps, unaware that her journey ...

Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient "city of the dead" in Italy, dating back nearly 3,000 years. The Italian province of Trentino said in a news release that a "monumental necropolis" from ...

The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans... Discovery of ancient bronze statues in Italy may ...

A former monastery in Tuscany, Italy, from the 8th century—making it the region’s oldest surviving abbey—is now on the market, according to Lionard Luxury Real Estate. Located outside Siena, about 45 ...

Statues at the site of the discovery of two dozen well-preserved bronze statues from an ancient Tuscan thermal spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy on Nov. 3. (Italian Ministry of Culture) ROME — ...