ROME — The restored ruins of two opulent Roman villas and private thermal baths will open to the public Saturday, along with a 3-D reconstruction that offers a virtual tour of the luxurious residences ...

As ash and lava spewed out of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., everything stopped for people in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. The devastating volcanic eruption was visible to the occupants of nearby ...

For centuries, Rome, Italy, has been a city of great importance. Once the center of the ancient Roman empire, today it’s one ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman villa complex in southern Italy on the site of a development described as an ecological monstrosity. The researchers unearthed the monumental villa, ...

Rome is famous for its grand public architecture, like the greatest amphitheater ever built, the largest church in the world, and a Baroque fountain big enough to jump in. Size has mattered for ...

In the shadow of Vesuvius, just a few kilometres from Pompeii, Villa Poppaea fascinates visitors with its exceptional state ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A magnetometer survey of an English estate near a known buried Roman city revealed two previously ...

The complex is one of the largest Roman-era complexes ever discovered in the region. Archaeologists in France have unearthed one of the largest Roman-era villas ever found in the country, the Institut ...

It’s long been known that a Roman villa was hidden alongside the banks of the River Yonne, in Auxerre, central France, but its scale and grandeur are only now coming into view. The site even had a ...

During 70 years of sporadic excavations at the Villa Romana del Casale, an elaborate Roman villa in south-central Sicily, archaeologists have uncovered some unusual mosaics beneath layers of mud and ...