Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, ...

It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

The ruins of a Roman city were recently unearthed in the French countryside, shedding light on the region’s ancient, imperial ...

Rome has been around for almost three thousand years and yet carries all that weight of history with a dolce vita lightness ...

The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as ...

To some people art history can seem intimidating and complex, riddled with hundreds of specific terms and ideas.

Pietro Fabris (Italian, active 1756–1779), View of the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius on Sunday night August the 8th 1779, ...

There are many things to love about fall. Perhaps most notably this year, it's the relief from the excruciating heat that ...

The church of Panagia Kera near Agios Nikolaos on Crete contains the finest-preserved Byzantine frescoes on the Greek island ...

Just outside Pompeii's main city lies Villa dei Misteri (Villa of Mysteries), famous for its well-preserved frescoes depicting Di ...

Let’s be clear: ranking Italy’s 20 regions is a subjective and unwinnable exercise. Elsewhere I have written extensively ...

Tonight is Culture Night and right around the country events have been organised to showcase local talent and provide ...