This AC/DC rock hit from 1981 was actually inspired by a British poet and ancient gladiators in the Roman Coliseum.

Visitors look at the exhibits at the Museum of Rescued Art in Rome, Italy, July 24, 2025. The Museum of Rescued Art, part of the National Roman Museum network, reopened in June, showcasing over a ...

CNN’s Ben Wedeman was given an exclusive tour of ancient tunnels underneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill. The tunnels, which archeologists say were once filled with ancient Roman shops and taverns ...

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

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

Newfound rock art from ancient Egypt may shed light on the time just before the first dynasty.

Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than 4,000 years ago.

Global Baroque surveys the triumphant internationalism of a new age of vast and rapid interchanges of art and culture, with Rome at its center.

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.