ROME (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the third century. Two piers ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman city in Sicily uncovered a unique thermal complex, mosaic floors and fortified walls, photos show. Photo from the Sicilian regional government Digging into ...

Archaeologists in Italy excavated a well near a temple and found 1,800-year-old wooden artifacts and leftovers from rituals, photos show. Photo from Italy’s Ministry of Culture For almost two thousand ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Etruscan site of Bisenzio uncovered a well-preserved sarcophagus with a complete skeleton inside. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by ISPC CNR / Italy's ...

Scuba divers in Sicily discovered that an underwater ‘tank’ was actually a statue from an ancient Greek temple, photos show. Screengrab from BCsicilia's Facebook post Surrounded by muck and covered in ...

Archaeologists in Italy found three prehistoric tombs, known as “fairy houses,” with artifacts inside. The photo shows Tomb XIX. Photo from the Regional Secretariat of the Ministry of Culture for ...

Discover the world's best preserved Roman mosaics at this UNESCO World Heritage Site in a sleepy Sicilian town that was ...

Construction workers in Italy recently came across the site of an ancient laundry near the Vatican, officials say. Italy's Ministry of Culture announced the surprising findings in a press release on ...

Italy said it repatriated 266 ancient artifacts worth tens of millions of euros from the United States, where they had been brought and sold during the late 1990s by an international network of ...

Surrounded by muck and covered in grime, a large object sat on the seafloor off the southern coast of Italy. Locals knew of the object, and nautical maps identified it as a “tank.” But, as a few ...