In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome's Colosseum, a small group of people walked around ...

Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on Friday opens the biggest exhibition ever devoted to art inspired by "Metamorphoses", Roman poet ...

The recent restoration of a chapel came with a surprise: an angel depicted with the likeness of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ...

From the mischievous Cupid of Roman art to Plato’s lofty ideas of Platonic love, Greek and Roman literature reveals a complex, often chaotic view of romance. Poets like Ovid and Sulpicia chronicled ...

Shopping in Rome allows you to experience the city's culture and pick up souvenirs at the same time. There's plenty of ...

Archaeologists from the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Science (Inrap) have discovered a large ...

A strange story gets stranger.

The most famous four-legged weapons in warfare may have left a trace after all.

Italy's art-filled cities have no shortage of tourists, but they haven’t always been welcoming to visitors with visual ...

A painting in a Rome church has prompted an investigation following complaints that a newly-restored cherub bears a remarkable likeness to the nation’s leader, Giorgia Meloni.