Though I took steps to avoid tourists when I visited the Colosseum, I found it was too crowded to enjoy Rome's iconic ...

Turkey is hit by a record high temperature of 50.5 degrees as southeastern Europe reels under a heat wave and battles ...

When you think of Venice, water and gondolas are probably the first things to come to mind. And yes, this is a city that was built on water and the gondolas do still transport tourists in particular ...

Reiterating his frequent calls for action to fight climate change ... government to expand such measures at a national level. In Rome, tourists tried to seek shade near popular spots like the ...

Concealed for decades, a huge network of chambers beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill is to be opened up to the public, revealing ...

Rome continued on after the Western Roman Empire fell but faced war and a population crash.

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that measure more than 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long. The finds add to the ...

A metal detectorist’s rare discovery of Roman-era swords in Willersey, UK, led archaeologists to uncover a settlement spanning the Iron Age to Roman times.

1. Ancient water filters Made from natural materials such as clay, water jug filters have been used for hundreds of years in every continent by ancient civilisations.