Top image: A photo of one of the child burials at the Samnite necropolis in Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy. The skeleton is in a pit grave, with a large bronze belt placed over its waist. Source: ...

Archaeologists have unearthed two "exceptional" temples that are estimated to be 2,400 years old in a historic ancient city in southern Italy. According to a press release from the Italian Ministry of ...

When the ancient Greeks descended from their tall trireme decks and onto the shores of Southern Italy, they saw the unrivaled viticulture of Calabria and dubbed its sun-soaked shores the perennial ...

Pasta originated in Ancient Greece as thin slices of dough around 1000 BC, shaping the world’s favorite comfort food.

A trove of ancient coins and gems has been unearthed in northern Italy, marking the latest treasure discovery in an ongoing archaeological effort to explore Claterna, a bygone city described by ...

MONTPELLIER, France — Archaeological evidence from 1,768 ancient grape seeds scattered across Italy tells a surprising story: the transition from wild grape gathering to actual winemaking took ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park has set a new limit on visitors in an effort to cope with overtourism at the historic site. The park will only allow 20,000 visitors a day and is also introducing new ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italy said it repatriated 266 ancient artifacts worth tens of millions of euros from the United States, where they had been ...