Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by blues, reds and golds have lost none of their brilliance in 17th-century frescoes ...

The Roman army campaigned several times in the territory ... Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire). Before about 50 to 1 BC, archaeological evidence suggests two different ...

Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important ... It finally came to an end in the 4th century AD when a newly Christian Rome proscribed its prophesying.

The tycoon condemned Rome magistrates who nixed the detention of a second batch ... She recalled the ambitious commitments ...

Last year’s Ryder Cup host Marco Simone Golf Club is one of the few championship courses within range, yet is still more than ...

The kasbah itself, declared a World Heritage Site in 1991, dates back to when this was a Carthaginian trading post, ...

Right now, his call is drawing her away from her role as prioress at Immaculata Monastery in Norfolk. In a matter of weeks, ...

Roma coach Ivan Juric may have saved his job with a 1-0 win over Torino in Serie A. Juric had been under pressure after Roma ...

Dubs noted that the Han dynasty (206 BC-220) employed a unique “fish-scale ... and stood six feet tall (1.8m). Despite ...

ROME (AP) — Italian authorities say a network of European art forgers who painted fake Warhols, Banksys and Picassos and then ...

During work on Highways England's £1.5bn upgrade of the ... dating back to as early as 400 BC, only the second gold coin to be found in the country depicting Roman emperor Laelianus, who reigned ...

He earned a bronze medal at the 1960 Rome Games behind fellow Americans Bill Nieder and Parry O’Brien. Long set the shot put world record 11 times from 1959 to 1965 and was ranked No. 1 in the world ...